Yeshivat Sura
E375410
Yeshivat Sura was one of the most important Babylonian Talmudic academies, serving as a central institution of Jewish learning and legal authority from late antiquity through the early medieval period.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sura yeshiva | 2 |
| yeshiva of Sura | 2 |
| Babylonian Talmudic academies | 1 |
| Geonic academies of Sura and Pumbedita | 1 |
| Sura Yeshiva | 1 |
| Talmudic academy in Sura | 1 |
| Yeshivat Sura canonical | 1 |
| yeshivot of Babylonia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3635901 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yeshivat Sura Context triple: [Sura, alsoKnownAs, Yeshivat Sura]
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A.
Fürth yeshiva
Fürth yeshiva was a prominent traditional Jewish Talmudic academy in Fürth, Germany, known for training many influential 19th-century rabbis and scholars.
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B.
Yeshivot Hesder
Yeshivot Hesder are Israeli religious institutions that combine advanced Torah study with mandatory military service, reflecting the ideals of Religious Zionism.
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C.
The Rabbinical School
The Rabbinical School is the rabbinical training program of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, preparing Conservative Jewish clergy through advanced study of Jewish law, texts, and pastoral leadership.
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D.
Schechter Institutes
Schechter Institutes is an academic and educational institution in Israel that promotes Conservative (Masorti) Judaism through rabbinical training, Jewish studies, and community education.
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E.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning was a pioneering American graduate institution in Philadelphia dedicated to advanced, nonsectarian research and scholarship in Hebrew, Jewish studies, and related Near Eastern languages and cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yeshivat Sura Target entity description: Yeshivat Sura was one of the most important Babylonian Talmudic academies, serving as a central institution of Jewish learning and legal authority from late antiquity through the early medieval period.
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A.
Fürth yeshiva
Fürth yeshiva was a prominent traditional Jewish Talmudic academy in Fürth, Germany, known for training many influential 19th-century rabbis and scholars.
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B.
Yeshivot Hesder
Yeshivot Hesder are Israeli religious institutions that combine advanced Torah study with mandatory military service, reflecting the ideals of Religious Zionism.
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C.
The Rabbinical School
The Rabbinical School is the rabbinical training program of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, preparing Conservative Jewish clergy through advanced study of Jewish law, texts, and pastoral leadership.
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D.
Schechter Institutes
Schechter Institutes is an academic and educational institution in Israel that promotes Conservative (Masorti) Judaism through rabbinical training, Jewish studies, and community education.
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E.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning was a pioneering American graduate institution in Philadelphia dedicated to advanced, nonsectarian research and scholarship in Hebrew, Jewish studies, and related Near Eastern languages and cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Talmudic academy
ⓘ
rabbinic institution ⓘ yeshiva ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
development of Gemara
ⓘ
interpretation of Mishnah ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ |
| authorityOver | halakhic questions from diaspora ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| denomination | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| endTime | early medieval period ⓘ |
| era |
early Middle Ages
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Biblical exegesis
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Abba Arikha
ⓘ
Rav ⓘ |
| governedBy | Geonim ⓘ |
| headOfInstitutionTitle | Gaon ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major center in formation of Babylonian Talmud ⓘ |
| inception | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish law worldwide
ⓘ
diaspora Jewish communities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Jewish communities of the diaspora ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Iraq ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ Sura ⓘ |
| mainWork |
Talmud Bavli
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
|
| notableCounterpart |
Yeshivat Nehardea
ⓘ
Pumbedita academy ⓘ
surface form:
Yeshivat Pumbedita
|
| notableHead |
Rav Ashi
ⓘ
surface form:
Mar bar Rav Ashi
Rav ⓘ Rav Ashi ⓘ Rav Chisda ⓘ Rav Huna ⓘ Saadia Gaon ⓘ |
| partOf | Babylonian Talmudic academies ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
center of Jewish learning
ⓘ
center of Talmudic study ⓘ center of halakhic authority ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Amoraic period
ⓘ
Geonic period ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 219 CE ⓘ |
| tradition | Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yeshivat Sura Description of subject: Yeshivat Sura was one of the most important Babylonian Talmudic academies, serving as a central institution of Jewish learning and legal authority from late antiquity through the early medieval period.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sura yeshiva
subject surface form:
David ben Zakkai
this entity surface form:
Geonic academies of Sura and Pumbedita
subject surface form:
Abba Arika
this entity surface form:
Talmudic academy in Sura
this entity surface form:
yeshivot of Babylonia
this entity surface form:
Sura yeshiva
this entity surface form:
yeshiva of Sura
this entity surface form:
yeshiva of Sura