Sura

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Talmudic academy yeshiva

Sura was an important Babylonian Talmudic academy that became a major center of Jewish religious scholarship and legal interpretation.

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Label	Occurrences
Sura canonical	15
the city of Sura	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Talmudic academy ⓘ yeshiva ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sura academy ⓘ surface form: Sura Academy Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraq (modern)
disestablished	early medieval period ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Halakha ⓘ Halakha ⓘ surface form: Jewish law Jewish theology ⓘ Talmudic studies ⓘ
foundedBy	Abba Arikha ⓘ Rav ⓘ
governedBy	Geonim ⓘ
hasAcademicTerm	Kallah (semiannual assembly) ⓘ
heritageStatus	major center of the Jewish diaspora ⓘ
inception	3rd century CE ⓘ
influenced	Jewish law in the diaspora ⓘ development of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ later yeshiva traditions ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Sasanian Empire ⓘ
majorWorkStudied	Talmud ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud
notableHead	Rav Ashi ⓘ surface form: Mar bar Rav Ashi Rav ⓘ Rav Ashi ⓘ Rav Chisda ⓘ Rav Huna ⓘ
notableStudent	Rav Chisda ⓘ Rav Huna ⓘ Rav Nachman bar Yaakov ⓘ
partOf	Yeshivat Sura ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmudic academies
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
role	center of Jewish legal interpretation ⓘ center of Jewish religious scholarship ⓘ
significantEvent	foundation of the Babylonian Talmudic tradition ⓘ
timePeriod	Amoraic period ⓘ Geonic period ⓘ
togetherWith	Nehardea ⓘ surface form: Nehardea Academy Pumbedita academy ⓘ surface form: Pumbedita Academy

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

Persian Jews → notableCenterOfLearning → Sura ⓘ

Saadia Gaon → placeOfDeath → Sura ⓘ

Nehardea → contemporaryWith → Sura ⓘ

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → deathPlace → Sura ⓘ

Geonic period → location → Sura ⓘ

Rav → activeIn → Sura ⓘ

Sura academy → locatedIn → Sura ⓘ

subject surface form: Sura Academy

Sura academy → namedAfter → Sura ⓘ

subject surface form: Sura Academy

this entity surface form: the city of Sura

Natronai Gaon → placeOfActivity → Sura ⓘ

Rav Huna → basedIn → Sura ⓘ

Amram Gaon → placeOfActivity → Sura ⓘ

Rav Yehuda → placeOfActivity → Sura ⓘ

Abba Arikha → residence → Sura ⓘ

Abba Arikha → burialPlace → Sura ⓘ

Yeshivat Sura → locatedIn → Sura ⓘ

Rav Chisda → associatedWith → Sura ⓘ