Ravina was the name of two Jewish sages (amoraim) from the time of the gemara:
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Ravina was the name of two Jewish sages (
amoraim) from the time of the gemara:
- Ravina I
Ravina I was a Jewish Talmudist and rabbi who began the process of compiling the Talmud with Rav Ashi. He died in 421. The Talmud was ultimately completed by his nephew Ravina II....
(died 421)
- Ravina II
Ravina II was a Jewish Talmudist and rabbi who, in 475 AD, finished editing the Gemara portion of the Talmud Bavli, completing the work of his teacher Rav Ashi. He was also a nephew of Ravina I. He was a leader for 22 years. Some say that he was a homosexual man. His father died when Ravina II was...
(fl. 5th century), nephew and successor of the above
It is also the surname of:
- Mark Ravina
Mark Ravina is a scholar of early modern Japanese history, and Associate Professor of History at Emory University, where he has taught since 1991...
, a scholar of Japanese history