Resh Galuta

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• NATHAN DE-ẒUẒITA RESH GALUTA — NATHAN DE ẒUẒITA RESH GALUTA, Babylonian exilarch. According to a statement in the Talmud (Shab. 56b), he is identical with Ukban b. Nehemiah (320–340), but in the Seder Olam Zuta two different exilarchs are mentioned called both Ukban and Ẓuẓita …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Exilarch — An exhibit depicting Exilarch Huna at the Beit Hatefutsot Exilarch (Hebrew: ראש גלות Rosh Galut, Aramaic: ריש גלותא Reish Galuta lit. head of the exile , Greek: Æchmalotarcha) refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community in Babylon… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Jews in Iraq — Iraqi Jews are Jews born in Iraq or of Iraqi heritage. The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 800 BCE. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world s oldest and most historically significant Jewish… …   Wikipedia

• TITLES — In the Talmud The many titles appearing in talmudic literature may be roughly classed into two (sometimes overlapping) categories: titles of respect and titles of office. Almost all these titles make their first appearance not earlier than in the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Hakham — The Hakham of Moineşti (Hahamul din Moineşti), Ştefan Luchian, 1909. Hakham (or chakam or ḥaḥam, ḥakam; Hebrew חכם lit. wise ) is a term from Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar. T …   Wikipedia

• Talmudic Academies in Babylonia — The Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, also known as the Geonic Academies, were the center for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in Mesopotamia from roughly 589 CE to 1038 CE (Hebrew dates: 4349 AM to 4798 AM). The key work of… …   Wikipedia

• David ben Boaz — (Hebrew: דוד בן בעז, Arabic: Abu Sa id Dawud ibn Bu az) was a Karaite Jewish scholar who flourished in the tenth century CE. He is reported to have been the fifth in the line of descent from Anan ben David, the founder of Karaism (he was the son… …   Wikipedia

• EXILARCH — (Aram. רֵישׁ גָּלוּתָא, resh galuta), lay head of the Jewish community in Babylon. (See Chart: Exilarchs of Parthian and Sasanid Periods and Chart: Babylonian Exilarchs.) Until the Arab Conquest The government of Babylonian Jewry for the first 12 …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Geschichte des Judentums im Irak — Irakische Juden sind im Irak geborene und / oder dem irakischen Kulturerbe entstammende Juden. Die Geschichte der Juden im Irak ist seit der Zeit der babylonischen Gefangenschaft ca. 586 v. Chr. dokumentiert. Als babylonisches Judentum war das… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Geonim — (Hebrew: גאונים; also transliterated Gaonim ) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura and Pumbedita, in Babylonia, and were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community world wide in the early medieval …   Wikipedia