220 CE: THE AMORAIM PERIOD

Start of 280–year Amoraim Period (220–500 CE)

The Amoraim—the rabbis of the Talmud—redact the Mishnah (of the Tannaim) noted above. Their debates, discourses and discussions are eventually codified in the Gemara.

The Amoraim followed the Tannaim (10 CE–220 CE) both sequential–time–wise, and rabbinical “standing–wise.”