Bebai ha-Levi ben Abba of Nehar Pekod
Rav Bebai ha-Levi ben Rav Abba of Nehar Pekod (Hebrew: רב ביבוי הלוי בר אבא מנהר פקוד) also known as Rav Bibi (רב ביבי) was the Gaon of Sura from 778 up until his death in 789.
Biography
Born in the early 8th century, in his early years Rav Bibi studied in
Babylonian Jewry.[1] Some have identified Rav Bibi as the author of Meat on Charcoals, but many others have discredited this.[2] Rav Bibi died in 789, and was succeeded as Gaon by Hilai ben Mari
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References
- ^ Gershom Harpens (2004), The Talmudic Age. p. 248-249
- ^ Meat on coals, from the book The Early Sages of Ashkenaz, by Professor Avraham Grossman
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