Patriarch of the Jews

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The Patriarch of the Jews was the hereditary head of the Jewish community in Roman and Byzantine Palestine, serving as its highest political and religious authority and representative to the imperial government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish leadership office
late antique Jewish institution
political office
religious title
abolishedBy Theodosius II NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Jewish Patriarch
Nasi NERFINISHED
Patriarch of the Jewish community in Palestine
Patriarchate of the Jews NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Palestine NERFINISHED
Roman Palestine NERFINISHED
associatedWith Mishnah redaction under Judah ha-Nasi
Sanhedrin NERFINISHED
country Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
endTime 425 CE
exercisedAuthorityOver Jewish communities in Palestine
diaspora Jewish communities to some extent
governedBy rabbinic law
hasPrivilege right to appoint local Jewish officials
right to collect a tax called the patriarchal tax
right to issue communal ordinances (takkanot)
hasRole collector of communal taxes
distributor of funds to Jewish communities
head of Jewish community in Palestine
highest political authority of Jews in Palestine
highest religious authority of Jews in Palestine
leader of rabbinic courts
overseer of Jewish communal administration
president of the Sanhedrin
representative of Jews to imperial government
hereditaryIn House of Hillel NERFINISHED
historicalContext developed after destruction of the Second Temple
legalStatus imperially recognized Jewish corporate leadership
location Galilee NERFINISHED
Land of Israel NERFINISHED
Sepphoris NERFINISHED
Tiberias NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Gamaliel I NERFINISHED
Gamaliel II NERFINISHED
Gamaliel III NERFINISHED
Gamaliel IV NERFINISHED
Gamaliel V NERFINISHED
Gamaliel VI NERFINISHED
Hillel II NERFINISHED
Judah ha-Nasi NERFINISHED
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Byzantine imperial authorities
Roman imperial authorities
religion Judaism
startTime 1st century CE
subordinateTo Byzantine emperor NERFINISHED
Roman emperor
successorInstitution Gaonate in Babylonia (as major Jewish leadership center) NERFINISHED
timePeriod early Byzantine period
late Roman period
late Second Temple period

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Nasi (prince) of Israel relatedConcept Patriarch of the Jews