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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Exilarch 2
Exilarchate of Babylonia 1
exilarch 1

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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 (5)

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)