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Amora

The English word “Amora” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of the Jewish scholars of about 200 to 500 CE who orally transmitted the teachings of the Mishna.

Etymology

From Hebrew אָמוֹרָא (āmorā), from Aramaic.

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