Pumbedita Academy

Pumbedita Academy
TypeSeminary
Activeca. 260 CE–1038 CE
FounderJudah bar Ezekiel
Religious affiliation
Rabbinic Judaism
Location
Pumbedita
,
Iraq


The Pumbedita Academy or Pumbedita Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת פומבדיתא; sometimes Pumbeditha, Pumpedita, Pumbedisa) was a Talmudic academy in Pumbedita, an unidentified location in modern Iraq, during the Amoraic and Geonic eras. It was founded by Judah bar Ezekiel around 260 CE and, with the Sura Academy founded in 225 by Abba Arika, retained dominant influence for about 800 years.

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