Authorities Quoted
Among the tannaim appearing in the Sifre to Numbers are:
- R. Ishmael and his pupils R. Josiah and R. Jonathan
- R. Nathan
- Abba Hanan (citing R. Eliezer)
- R. Eliezer
- R. Akiba and his pupils R. Simeon and R. Judah
- Less frequently, R. Meïr and R. Jose
- Rebbi also is often mentioned here, as in other midrashic works
- R. Judah b. Bathyra (Betera), who, as D. Hoffmann says, is more frequently mentioned in midrashic works from R. Ishmael's school than in any others.
- A sentence of the amora Samuel b. Naḥmani is quoted once (No. 73).
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