Rav Huna - Rav Huna As An Aggadist

Rav Huna As An Aggadist

Rav Huna was equally distinguished as an aggadist, and his aggadot were known in The Land of Israel, where they were carried by some of his pupils, Rav Zeira among them. His interpretation of Prov. xiv. 23, transmitted by Rav Zeira, is styled "the pearl". Many of his aggadot, showing his skill in Biblical exegesis, are found in the Babylonian Talmud, some in the name of Rav, some in his own. He took special pains to reconcile apparently conflicting passages, as, for instance, II Sam. vii. 10 and I Chron. xvii. 10. He endeavored to solve the problem presented by the sufferings of the righteous, inferring from Isa. liii. 10 that God chasteneth those whom He loves.