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Definition of Amora
1. Noun. One of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments.
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Literary usage of Amora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Talmud: Historical and Literary Introduction, Legal by Moses Mielziner (1903)
"B ~fr ION that amora might say (in answer to this ... This objection is phrased:
KJ>jn V'tSD SND what does that amora let us hear, since we have already ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... "teacher"), those who came after them, amora'im (sing. amora, "speaker").
The collection of the amora'im, ..."
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