Sura academy

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Talmudic academy center of Jewish learning yeshiva

Sura Academy was a major Babylonian Talmudic academy that became one of the principal centers of Jewish learning and rabbinic scholarship in late antiquity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sura academy canonical	18
Sura Academy	5
Academy of Sura	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Talmudic academy ⓘ center of Jewish learning ⓘ yeshiva ⓘ
academicFocus	development of Gemara ⓘ interpretation of Mishnah ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraq (modern)
era	post-Temple Judaism ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Talmudic studies ⓘ halakhic scholarship ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
foundedBy	Abba Arika ⓘ Rav ⓘ
governedBy	gaonim ⓘ
hasEducationalRole	training of rabbis ⓘ transmission of Oral Torah ⓘ
historicalImportance	influenced halakhic practice throughout the Jewish world ⓘ one of the principal centers of Jewish learning in Babylonia ⓘ
inception	3rd century CE ⓘ
languageOfStudy	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ Sura ⓘ
mainWorkStudied	Talmud Bavli ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud
namedAfter	Sura ⓘ surface form: the city of Sura
notableStudentOrTeacher	Rav ⓘ Rav Ashi ⓘ Rav Chisda ⓘ Rav Huna ⓘ Ravina ⓘ Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ surface form: Samuel of Nehardea
partOf	Talmud ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmudic tradition
regionServed	Jewish communities of the Diaspora ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
roleInJewishHistory	major contributor to redaction of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ principal center of Babylonian rabbinic authority ⓘ
significantPeriod	amoraic period ⓘ geonic period ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ
togetherWith	Nehardea ⓘ surface form: Nehardea Academy Pumbedita academy ⓘ surface form: Pumbedita Academy
tradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	rabbinic academy ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Amoraim → centerOfActivity → Sura academy ⓘ

Geonim → mainLocation → Sura academy ⓘ

Sura → alsoKnownAs → Sura academy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sura Academy

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → placeOfActivity → Sura academy ⓘ

Emunot ve-Deot → associatedWith → Sura academy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sura Academy

Tafsir of the Torah → associatedWith → Sura academy ⓘ

Geonic responsa → centeredIn → Sura academy ⓘ

Rav → coFounderOf → Sura academy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy of Sura

Rav → associatedWith → Sura academy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sura Academy

Abba Arika (Rav) → coFounderOf → Sura academy ⓘ

subject surface form: Abba Arika

this entity surface form: Sura Academy

Pumbedita academy → hasRival → Sura academy ⓘ

Natronai Gaon → workLocation → Sura academy ⓘ

Natronai Gaon → educatedAt → Sura academy ⓘ

Savoraim → workLocation → Sura academy ⓘ

Amram Gaon → workLocation → Sura academy ⓘ

Amram Gaon → educatedAt → Sura academy ⓘ

Amram Gaon → school → Sura academy ⓘ

Geonic liturgy → centerOfDevelopment → Sura academy ⓘ

Rav Sheshet → associatedWith → Sura academy ⓘ

Abba Arikha → founded → Sura academy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sura Academy

Kallah (semiannual assembly) → heldAt → Sura academy ⓘ

Rav Chisda → teacherAt → Sura academy ⓘ

House of the Exilarchs → associatedWith → Sura academy ⓘ

Medieval Babylonian Jewry → hasCenter → Sura academy ⓘ