# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiyya-the-great
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:53:55.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiyya-the-great"
name: "Hiyya the Great"
slug: "hiyya-the-great"
description: "Hiyya, or Hiyya the Great, was one of the Chazal or Rabbinical Jewish sages in the Land of Israel during the transitional generation between the Tannaic and Amoraic eras. Active in Tiberias, Hiyya was the primary compiler of the Tosefta. His full name was Hiyya bar Abba, also the name of the third generation amora Hiyya bar Abba. He was a student of Judah ha-Nasi and the uncle and teacher of Abba Arikha."
tagline: "Rabbi and author of the Tosefta (c.180–c.230)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "180"
deathDate: "230"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.9
  momentum:             6.69642857142857
  historical:           5.687654666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiyya_the_Great"
    title: "Hiyya the Great"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Hiyya"
    title: "Rabbi Hiyya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab%C3%AD_Hiya"
    title: "Rabí Hiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8F"
    title: "Рабби Хийя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabino_Jiya"
    title: "Rabino Jiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%90"
    title: "רבי חייא"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2904193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump