Topic summary
Johanan bar Nappaha

- See Johanan (name) for more rabbis by this name.
Johanan bar Nappaha (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: יוחנן בר נפחאYoḥanan bar Nafḥa or Napaḥa), also known as Rabbi Yochanan or Johanan bar Nafcha (180–279 CE), was a leading rabbi and second-generation Amora during the Talmudic era.
Johanan's opinions are quoted widely across the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. The compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud is generally ascribed to him.