Can a single EntityManager (Hibernate) participate in multiple concurrent transactions?

No, it can not. Attempting to call EntityTransaction.begin() on a currently active transaction (which is what you would have to do, diretly or indirectly) will result in IllegalStateException being thrown. Unit of work / transaction scope concepts are explained in detail in the bernate EntityManager manual.

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