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

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 House of David
surface form: Davidic lineage

imperial recognition
claimedDescentFrom House of David
King David
culturalRole symbol of Jewish continuity in exile
ethnicContext Jewish
exercisedAuthorityOver Medieval Babylonian Jewry
surface form: 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 Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Mesopotamia
governedAs dynastic office
governedPopulationType diaspora Jews
hasAlternativeName exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
surface form: Exilarchate of Babylonia

Resh Galuta
Rosh Galut
hasHebrewName Resh Galuta
hasLeaderTitle exilarchate (Resh Galuta) self-linksurface differs
surface form: exilarch

resh galuta
heldPowerType judicial authority
political authority
historicalRegion Iraq
languageContext Aramaic
legalSystemContext Halakha
surface form: Jewish law (Halakha)
recognizedBy Islamic caliphs
Sasanian Empire
surface form: Sasanian authorities
relatedConcept House of David
surface form: Davidic dynasty

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

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Referenced by (5)

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

Nehardea governedBy exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
Exilarch David ben Zakkai title exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
subject surface form: David ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Exilarch
Nasi (prince) of Israel relatedConcept exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
this entity surface form: Exilarch
exilarchate (Resh Galuta) hasAlternativeName exilarchate (Resh Galuta)
subject surface form: exilarchate
this entity surface form: Exilarchate of Babylonia
exilarchate (Resh Galuta) hasLeaderTitle exilarchate (Resh Galuta) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: exilarchate
this entity surface form: exilarch