resh galuta

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Resh Galuta was the traditional title for the Jewish exilarch, the political and sometimes spiritual leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

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resh galuta canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish leadership office
historical title
alternativeName Exilarch
Rosh Galut
Rosh ha-Golah
linked to: Rosh Galut
appliesTo Jewish community in Babylonia
associatedWithReligion Judaism
basedIn Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
claimsDescentFrom King David
collaboratesWith Babylonian Geonim
linked to: Geonim
exercisesAuthorityOver Jewish courts in Babylonia
tax collection for Jewish community
governs Jewish diaspora in Babylonia
hasFunction political leadership
spiritual leadership
hasJurisdiction civil matters among Jews in Babylonia
hasRole exilarch
hasSymbolicRole representative of Israel in exile
historicalContext Jewish diaspora under foreign empires
languageOfName Aramaic
linkedToDynasty Davidic line
mentionedIn Talmudic literature
precedes later rabbinic communal leadership structures
recognizedBy Sasanian authorities
early Islamic caliphates
region Mesopotamia
titleMeaning Head of the Exile
typeOfLeadership hereditary office
usedInPeriod early Middle Ages
late antiquity

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exilarchate hasLeaderTitle resh galuta
subject linked to: exilarchate (Resh Galuta)