THE TANNAIM AND AMORAIM – THE RABBIS QUOTED IN THE TALMUD Second g

 Ra
TANNAIM  Ra
Before the destruction of the Temple  Hil
 Hillel  Jud
 Shammai  Re
 Rabban Gamaliel Hazaken (Gamaliel the Elder)  Yo
 Elisha ben Abuyah  Sa
The generation of the destruction  Sh
 Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel  Isa
 Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai Third gen
 Rabbi Yehuda ben Baba  Ra
Between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kokhba's revolt  Ra
 Rabbi Yehoshua son of Hannania  Ra
 Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus  Ra
 Rabban Gamaliel of Yavne  Sim
 Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach  Ra
The generation of Bar Kokhba's revolt  Ra
 Rabbi Akiba  Ra
 Rabbi Tarfon  Ha
 Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha  Jud
 Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah  Ra
 Rabbi Yosei the Galilean  Ra
After the revolt  Ha
 Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne  Ra
 Rabbi Meir  Ra
 Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, said to have written the Zohar Fourth ge
 Rabbi Yosei ben Halafta  Ab
 Rabbi Judah ben Ilai  Ra
 Hil
Fifth gen
AMORAIM  Ra
First generation (approx. 230–250 CE)  Ra
 Abba Arika (d. 247, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora  Ra
 Shmuel (d. 254)  Ra
 Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century)  Ra
 Abba the Surgeon Sixth gen
 Ra
 Ra