Monday, March 22, 2004

Savora

Also spelled  sabora (Aramaic: “reasoner,” or “one who reflects”) , plural  savoraim , or  saboraim  any of a group of 6th-century-AD Jewish scholars who determined the final internal form of the Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), a collection of authoritative interpretations and explanations of Jewish oral laws and religious customs. Some experts feel that certain (perhaps many) of the critical textual remarks now found in the Talmud represent the work of savoraim,

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