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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish leadership office
historical title
alternativeName Exilarch NERFINISHED
Rosh Galut NERFINISHED
Rosh ha-Golah NERFINISHED
appliesTo Jewish community in Babylonia
associatedWithReligion Judaism NERFINISHED
basedIn Babylonia NERFINISHED
claimsDescentFrom King David NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith Babylonian Geonim NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Talmudic literature
precedes later rabbinic communal leadership structures
recognizedBy Sasanian authorities
early Islamic caliphates
region Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
titleMeaning Head of the Exile NERFINISHED
typeOfLeadership hereditary office
usedInPeriod early Middle Ages
late antiquity

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exilarchate (Resh Galuta) hasLeaderTitle resh galuta
subject surface form: exilarchate