Ahijah (exilarch)

Ahijah was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century CE.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] There are no known holders of the office prior to his tenure. His name does not appear in the Seder Olam Zutta. He is potentially the son of Akkub^[6] who is commonly noted in contemporary Jewish genealogies.

References

^ "Berakhot 63a".
^ Richard Gottheil; Wilhelm Bacher. "EXILARCH". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
^ "Exilarch".
^ Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1901). "The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day".
^ "Encyclopaedia Judaica". 1971.
^ "Ahijah, 1st Babylonian Exilarch". Genealogy of the House of David. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Office Established	1st Babylonian Exilarch abt. 140	Succeeded by Nahum

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[1] "Berakhot 63a".

[2] Richard Gottheil; Wilhelm Bacher. "EXILARCH". The Jewish Encyclopedia.

[3] "Exilarch".

[4] Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1901). "The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day".

[5] "Encyclopaedia Judaica". 1971.

[6] "Ahijah, 1st Babylonian Exilarch". Genealogy of the House of David. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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