Pumbedita academy

E315332

Pumbedita academy was one of the great Babylonian Talmudic academies, renowned as a major center of Jewish scholarship and legal interpretation in late antiquity and the early medieval period.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Talmudic academy
rabbinical academy
yeshiva
country Iraq
dissolved 11th century
c. 1038 CE
era early Middle Ages
late antiquity
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law
Talmudic studies
rabbinic literature
foundedBy Judah bar Ezekiel
governingBody Geonim
hasRival Sura academy
hasRole center of Jewish legal interpretation
major center of Jewish scholarship
headOfGovernment gaon
inception 3rd century
c. 3rd century CE
influenced diaspora Jewish communities
medieval Jewish law
influencedBy earlier Amoraic academies in Babylonia
languageOfWork Aramaic
Hebrew
locatedIn Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy

Sasanian Empire
early Islamic Iraq
mainWork Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli
notablePerson Hai Gaon
Rav Kohen Tzedek
Rav Natronai Gaon
Rav Paltoi Gaon
Rav Yehudai Gaon
Sherira Gaon
notableStudent Abaye
Rav Ashi
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak
Rav Papa
Rav Yosef
Rava
Ravina
partOf Babylonian Talmudic academies
linked to: Pumbedita academy

yeshivot of Babylonia
linked to: Yeshivat Sura
religion Judaism
significantEvent Geonic period leadership of Babylonian Jewry
competition and cooperation with Sura academy
development of Babylonian Talmudic tradition
tradition Babylonian rabbinic tradition

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amoraim centerOfActivity Pumbedita academy
Geonim mainLocation Pumbedita academy
Geonim partOf Babylonian Talmudic academies
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Nehardea hasAcademicInstitution yeshiva of Nehardea
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Nehardea contemporaryWith Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Baghdad Geonim basedIn Talmudic academies of Babylonia
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Sura togetherWith Pumbedita Academy
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Geonic period hasKeyInstitution Pumbedita yeshiva
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Geonic period location Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Geonic responsa centeredIn Pumbedita academy
Sura Academy togetherWith Pumbedita Academy
subject linked to: Sura academy
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Pumbedita academy locatedIn Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Pumbedita academy partOf Babylonian Talmudic academies
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Abaye residence Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Hai Gaon placeOfActivity Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Hai Gaon school Pumbedita academy
Hai Gaon burialPlace Pumbedita (traditional attribution)
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Savoraim influenced Geonic academies
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Savoraim workLocation Pumbedita academy
Geonic liturgy centerOfDevelopment Pumbedita academy
Rav Yehuda placeOfActivity Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Rav Sheshet associatedWith Pumbedita academy
Kallah (semiannual assembly) heldAt Pumbedita academy
Yeshivat Sura notableCounterpart Yeshivat Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Sherira Gaon workLocation Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Sherira Gaon placeOfActivity Pumbedita yeshiva
linked to: Pumbedita academy
Resh Galuta associatedInstitution Academy of Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy
House of the Exilarchs associatedWith Pumbedita academy
Medieval Babylonian Jewry hasCenter Pumbedita academy
Medieval Babylonian Jewry hadInstitution yeshiva of Pumbedita
linked to: Pumbedita academy