Amemar

Amemar () was a Babylonian rabbi of the fifth and sixth generation of amoraim. His name is a compound word formed from the personal name Ammi and the title Mar "master".

==Biography== Amemar was one of the leading sages of his generation. He reestablished the Nehardea Academy, and restored it to its original reputable position—it having been destroyed over a century before by Odaenathus—and was its rector for more than thirty years (390-422). In addition to that office, he was the president of the court at Nehardea and introduced several ritual changes. Later he moved to Māḥozē, where he also served as a religious judge.