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Saboraim (säbōrä`ĭm) [Heb.,=expositors], in Judaism, title given to the Jewish scholars of the Babylonian academies in the period (6th–7th cent. A.D.) immediately following the Amoraim Amoraim (ä`mōrä`ĭm) [Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. and preceding that of the Gaonim Gaonim (gāō`nĭm) [Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. . Little is known about them. Gaonic sources indicate that the Saboraim did not make new additions to the law, but further explained the legal decisions of their predecessors and attempted to clarify certain ambiguities found in the Talmudic text. They are believed to have been responsible for the final redaction of the Babylonian Talmud. BibliographySee H. L. Strack, Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash (1931, rev. ed. 1991). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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