Yeshivat Sura

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Talmudic academy rabbinic institution yeshiva

Yeshivat Sura was one of the most important Babylonian Talmudic academies, serving as a central institution of Jewish learning and legal authority from late antiquity through the early medieval period.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Sura yeshiva 2
yeshiva of Sura 2
Babylonian Talmudic academies 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Talmudic academy ⓘ
rabbinic institution ⓘ
yeshiva ⓘ
academicFocus development of Gemara ⓘ
interpretation of Mishnah ⓘ
responsa literature ⓘ
authorityOver halakhic questions from diaspora ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
denomination Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
endTime early medieval period ⓘ
era early Middle Ages ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ
fieldOfWork Biblical exegesis ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
foundedBy Abba Arikha ⓘ
Rav ⓘ
governedBy Geonim ⓘ
headOfInstitutionTitle Gaon ⓘ
heritageStatus major center in formation of Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
inception 3rd century CE ⓘ
influenced Jewish law worldwide ⓘ
diaspora Jewish communities ⓘ
jurisdiction Jewish communities of the diaspora ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Iraq ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Sura ⓘ
mainWork Talmud Bavli ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud
notableCounterpart Yeshivat Nehardea ⓘ
Pumbedita academy ⓘ
surface form: Yeshivat Pumbedita
notableHead Rav Ashi ⓘ
surface form: Mar bar Rav Ashi

Rav ⓘ
Rav Ashi ⓘ
Rav Chisda ⓘ
Rav Huna ⓘ
Saadia Gaon ⓘ
partOf Babylonian Talmudic academies ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role center of Jewish learning ⓘ
center of Talmudic study ⓘ
center of halakhic authority ⓘ
significantPeriod Amoraic period ⓘ
Geonic period ⓘ
startTime c. 219 CE ⓘ
tradition Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ

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

Sura → partOf → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Talmudic academies
Sura → alsoKnownAs → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
Geonic period → hasKeyInstitution → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sura yeshiva
Exilarch David ben Zakkai → associatedWith → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
subject surface form: David ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Geonic academies of Sura and Pumbedita
Rav → founderOf → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sura Yeshiva
Abba Arika (Rav) → founded → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
subject surface form: Abba Arika
this entity surface form: Talmudic academy in Sura
Pumbedita academy → partOf → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: yeshivot of Babylonia
Rav Ashi → associatedWith → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sura yeshiva
Rav Huna → associatedWith → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: yeshiva of Sura
Medieval Babylonian Jewry → hadInstitution → Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
this entity surface form: yeshiva of Sura