<div dir="ltr"><<I don't think it has to, because the CI isn't claiming the 2000 years<br>
is precisely from 2000 AM to 4000 AM.>><br><br>Now I am totally lost. If we are not talking about exact years then<br>what difference does it make when Rav or R Chiya made a statement.<br>If we are talking about before or after the Mishna then presumably the<br>
tosefta of R. Chiya (and R Hoshia) was compiled after the Mishna and is<br>still tanaitic.<br>Besides why are we only worried about Rav and R Chiya and not all the contemporaries<br>of Rebbe.<br>Perhaps R Y Yishmael the son of R Yose is an Amora if he mentioned his opinion<br>
after the mishna was compiled. Going firther it would imply<br>that any statements of rebbe himself after the Mishna are amoraic statements.<br>Again the mishna in avot quotes rebbe's son. Is that tannaitic or amoritic?<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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