Abba Bar Ḥiyya B. Abba:

By: Wilhelm Bacher

A Palestinian amora, who flourished at the beginning of the fourth century. He was the son of Ḥiyya bar Abba, the well-known pupil of Johanan, and transmitted to his generation the sayings of Johanan, which in their turn had been delivered to him by his father (Yer. Soṭah, ix. 24 c ). He was on terms of intimate friendship with Zeira (Ḥul. 86 b ).