resh galuta

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Resh Galuta was the traditional title for the Jewish exilarch, the political and sometimes spiritual leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

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Label Occurrences
resh galuta canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish leadership office ⓘ
historical title ⓘ
alternativeName Exilarch ⓘ
Rosh Galut ⓘ
Rosh ha-Golah ⓘ
linked to: Rosh Galut
appliesTo Jewish community in Babylonia ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Judaism ⓘ
basedIn Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
claimsDescentFrom King David ⓘ
collaboratesWith Babylonian Geonim ⓘ
linked to: Geonim
exercisesAuthorityOver Jewish courts in Babylonia ⓘ
tax collection for Jewish community ⓘ
governs Jewish diaspora in Babylonia ⓘ
hasFunction political leadership ⓘ
spiritual leadership ⓘ
hasJurisdiction civil matters among Jews in Babylonia ⓘ
hasRole exilarch ⓘ
hasSymbolicRole representative of Israel in exile ⓘ
historicalContext Jewish diaspora under foreign empires ⓘ
languageOfName Aramaic ⓘ
linkedToDynasty Davidic line ⓘ
mentionedIn Talmudic literature ⓘ
precedes later rabbinic communal leadership structures ⓘ
recognizedBy Sasanian authorities ⓘ
early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
titleMeaning Head of the Exile ⓘ
typeOfLeadership hereditary office ⓘ
usedInPeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ

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exilarchate → hasLeaderTitle → resh galuta ⓘ
subject linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)