exilarchate (Resh Galuta)

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The exilarchate (Resh Galuta) was the hereditary leadership institution of the Jewish community in Babylonia, whose heads claimed Davidic descent and held political and judicial authority under various imperial regimes.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Exilarch 2
Exilarchate 2
Exilarchate of Babylonia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish leadership institution ⓘ
diaspora Jewish institution ⓘ
hereditary office ⓘ
associatedWith Babylonian Talmudic academies ⓘ
rabbinic leadership in Babylonia ⓘ
basisOfLegitimacy Davidic lineage ⓘ
linked to: House of David

imperial recognition ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom House of David ⓘ
King David ⓘ
culturalRole symbol of Jewish continuity in exile ⓘ
ethnicContext Jewish ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver Babylonian Jewry ⓘ
Jewish community in Babylonia ⓘ
exercisedPowerThrough appointment of local leaders ⓘ
judicial courts ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ
function administration of Jewish communal affairs ⓘ
jurisdiction over civil and religious matters among Jews ⓘ
representation of Jews before imperial authorities ⓘ
geographicLocation Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia ⓘ
governedAs dynastic office ⓘ
governedPopulationType diaspora Jews ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Exilarchate of Babylonia ⓘ
Resh Galuta ⓘ
Rosh Galut ⓘ
hasHebrewName Resh Galuta ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle exilarch ⓘ
resh galuta ⓘ
heldPowerType judicial authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
historicalRegion Iraq ⓘ
languageContext Aramaic ⓘ
legalSystemContext Jewish law (Halakha) ⓘ
linked to: Halakha
recognizedBy Islamic caliphs ⓘ
Sasanian authorities ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
relatedConcept Davidic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of David

Nasi of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
socialStatus aristocratic leadership ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ
titleMeaning head of the exile ⓘ
underImperialRegimes Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
wasHereditary true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Nehardea → governedBy → exilarchate (Resh Galuta) ⓘ
David ben Zakkai → title → Exilarch ⓘ
subject linked to: Exilarch David ben Zakkai
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
Nasi (prince) of Israel → relatedConcept → Exilarch ⓘ
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
exilarchate → hasAlternativeName → Exilarchate of Babylonia ⓘ
subject linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
exilarchate → hasLeaderTitle → exilarch ⓘ
subject linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
Abba Arika → associatedWith → exilarchate of Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
Rosh Galut → linkedInstitution → Exilarchate ⓘ
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
Babylonian Talmudic academies → associatedWith → Exilarchate ⓘ
linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)