RABA See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH BEN HAMA (c. 280-352)  , Babylonian See also:

• RABBI

rabbi or amora . He is closely associated in his studies with Abaye . The latter was See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy at Pumbeditha . Raba founded a new school at Mahuza, which eventually be-came so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as Raba lived the only academy in Babylonia (See also:

• PERSIA

Persia) . The development of Talmudic See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law (or Halakhah) was much indebted to this rabbi, whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in all branches of Jewish learning was supreme . His friendship with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• SHAPUR (Pahlavi, Shahpuhre, " son of the king "; Greek Sapores, commonly Sapor)

Shapur II. enabled Raba to secure a relaxation of the oppressive See also:

• LAWS

laws enacted against the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of Persia . See See also:

• GRAETZ, HEINRICH (1817–1891)

Graetz, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Jews; (Eng. trans., vol. ii. ch. xxi.); Bacher, Agada der Babyl . Amoraer, p. io8, &c. and 114-133 . (I .