JONATHAN B. 'AKMAI:

By: Solomon Schechter, A. H. Rosenberg

Palestinian amora of the third generation. According to Yer. Ter. xi. he was one of the teachers of Abbahu. It is probable that he was a descendant of the 'Akmai family of Jerusalem, in which there were many high priests (Yeb. 15b).

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