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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Talmudic academy → yeshiva →
alsoKnownAs	Sura Academy → Yeshivat Sura →
country	Iraq (modern) →
disestablished	early medieval period →
fieldOfWork	Halakha → 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	Babylonia → Sasanian Empire →
majorWorkStudied	Babylonian Talmud →
notableHead	Mar bar Rav Ashi → Rav → Rav Ashi → Rav Chisda → Rav Huna →
notableStudent	Rav Chisda → Rav Huna → Rav Nachman bar Yaakov →
partOf	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 Academy → Pumbedita Academy →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nehardea →	contemporaryWith
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī →	deathPlace
Geonic period →	location
Persian Jews →	notableCenterOfLearning
Saadia Gaon →	placeOfDeath