Pumbedita Academy
Pumbedita | |
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Coordinates: 33°21′04″N 43°47′10″E / 33.35111°N 43.78611°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Pumbedita Academy or Pumbedita Yeshiva (
History
After Abba Arikha and
At the time, the academies of Pumbedita and
After with the sealing of the Talmud by Ravina II Sura, the era of the Savoraim began (499-589), in which most part of that period, proper studying on regular basis no longer took place in Sura, only in Pumbedita.
During the era of the Geonim, the two Talmudic academies were correspondingly active as well. One of Pumbedita's Gaons and dean of the Academy, Hai Gaon (approximately in years 988-990), moved the academy to Baghdad because the number of Jews making a living from agriculture was growing smaller and they were migrating to the big cities, mainly to Baghdad (apart from the phenomenon of Jewish emigration out of Babylonia). However, the academy's name remained "Pumbedita Academy" despite its relocation.
The last period of Pumbedita Academy growth took place during the days of
List of Pumbedita academy's deans
Rabbinical eras |
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Amora era
- Judah bar Ezekiel:
- the 1st Abba Arika and Samuel of Nehardea)
- the 1st
- Huna b. Hiyya
- Rabbah bar Nahmani ("Rabbah")
- Rav Yosef b. Hiyya
- Rava:
- After Abaye's death the academy was united under him and moved to Mahuza (al-Mada'in)
- Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak
- Rav Kahana IV
- Aha b. Raba
- Rav Rahumi I
- Sama b. Rabba
Savora era
- Rabbah Jose
- Simuna
- Rabbai of Rob:
- The academy was relocated to Firuz Shapur Anbar due to pogroms against Jews, and moved back to Pumbedita city after 50 years
Geonim era
- Hanan of Iskiya – from 589
- Mari ben R. Dimi Sargo – around 591
- Rav Hana (Huna) – around 630
- Rav Ravah (Rava) – 651
- Rav Bosai (Bostanai) – around 660
- Huna Mari ben Mar R. Joseph – around 689
- Hiyya of Meshan – around 700
- Rav Rabya ben R. Abaye (Moronai) – around 710
- Natronai b. Mar Nehemiah (called Mar R. Yanka) – 719
- Judah Gaon – around 730
- Joseph Gaon ben Kitnai (called Mar Kitnai) – 739–748
- Samuel ben Mar R. Mari – 748–755
- Natroi Kahana b. Emuna (Natrunai, ha-Kohen)[2][3] – around 755–761
- Abraham Kahana (ha-Kohen) – apparently 761
- Dodai ben R. Nahman (Rav Dorai) (brother of R. Yehudai, Gaon of Sura Academy) – 761–767
- R. Hananya ben R. Mesharsheya – 767–771
- Malka ben R. Aha – 771–773
- Sherira Gaon) – 773–782
- Rav Shinwai (Shinui) – in 782
- Haninai Kahana ben Abraham (ha-Kohen) – 782–786
- Huna ben ha-Levi ben Isaac – 786–788
- Manasseh ben R. Joseph – 788–796
- Isaiah ha-Levi ben R. Abba – 796–798
- Joseph ben R. Shila of Shilhe – 798–804
- Kahana ben Haninai Gaon (ha-Kohen) – 804–810
- Abumai Kahana ben Abraham (Ikhomai, ha-Kohen) – 810–814
- Joseph ben R. Abba – 814–816
- Abraham ben R. Sherira – 816–828
- Joseph ben Mar R. Hiyya – 828–833
- Isaac ben R. Hananiah (Hunai, Hiyya) – 833–839
- Joseph ben R. Abba (R. Rabbi, Ravrevay) – 839–841
- Paltoi ben Abaye – 841–858
- Aha Kahana ben Mar Rav[3] (ha-Kohen) – in 858
- Menahem ben R. Joseph ben Hiyya – 858–860
- Mattithiah ha-Kohen b. Ravrevay b. Hanina (R. Rabbi)[3] – 860–869
- Abba ben Ammi ben Samuel (Rabba)[3] – 869–872
- Zemah ben Paltoi Gaon – 872–889
- Hai ben R. David – 898–890
- Kimoi ben R. Ahhai Gaon (Qimoi, ha-Kohen, Ahi)[3] – 896–905
- Mebasser Kahana ben R. Kimoi Gaon (ha-Kohen, Qimoi)[3] – 905–917
- Kohen Tzedek Kahana ben Joseph (father of Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek) – 917–922
- Zemah ben Kafnai (Pappai) – 935–937
- Sherira Gaon) – 937–943
- Aaron ibn Sargado – 943–960
- Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek – 960–968
- Hai Gaon, while he was still alive. The Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon ("[The] Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon") is accounted as an important historian source, especially to Jewish history.
- Hai Gaon ben Sherira – 1004, died in 1038. His death is considered the conclusion of the era of the Geonimsages.
- Muslim ruler of the Buyid dynasty, although there were accounts that he was freed from prison and reinstalled at the head of the academy.
See also
- History of the Jews in Iraq
- Talmudic Academies in Babylonia
- Firuz Shapur, modern-day Anbar, a town adjacent or identical to Nehardea; academy of Pumbedita was moved to this town for half of the 6th century
- Mahuza, modern-day Al-Mada'in; the academy of Pumbedita was relocated to Mahuza during the time of the Amora sage Rava
- Nehardea Academy (in Nehardea)
- Pumbedita, seat of Pumbedita Academy for most of its history; near modern-day Fallujah
- Pum-Nahara Academy
- Sura Academy, in Sura (city) – the political center of Jewish Babylonia after Nehardea
- Talmudic Academies in Syria Palaestina (in the Land of Israel)
References
- Sherira Gaon and "Sefer ha-Qabbalah", by Abraham ibn Daud
- ^ a b The list dates are in accordance with the work of Prof. Moshe Gil, "Kingdom of Israel in the Gaonic era", 1997 (in Hebrew). Some of the information concerning the dates are based on factual sources, however, some are based on premises, in the absence of authoritative sources or due to contradiction between sources. There is a dispute among the scholars concerning some of the dates, and not all is agreed upon.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jews in Islamic countries in the Middle Ages", Moshe Gil, p. 404 – A Chronological List of the Geonim of Sura and Pumbedita books.google.com
- Jewish Encyclopedia – Gaon- Synchronistic List of the Geonim of Sura and Pumbedita
External links
- Pumbedita, Jewish Virtual Library;Article