[Avodah] mabul

[Eli Turkel]

<<Whereas the amora'im in Bavel hadn't necessarily heard about these
discoveries, and thus we find some who thought the earth was flat and
some who knew it was round.>>

Of course there were Amoraim also in EY.
In line with this I have seen claims that in spite of the gemara that Shmuel
knew the heavens like the streets of Nehardea that in fact the knowledge of
R. Yochanan of science and mathematics was superior to that of Shmuel

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Eli Turkel
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