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Pumbedita
Fallujah, Iraq · Wider Abrahamic world
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Attested. The academy is attested. The identification with Fallujah is the scholarly consensus.
Pumbedita
Fallujah
Judah bar Ezekiel founded an academy at Pumbedita around 259 after Nehardea fell. Abaye and Rava debated there, and their exchanges fill the Talmud. Under the Geonim (Sherira, Hai) it was the leading academy until the early 11th century. It is usually identified with modern Fallujah.
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Judah bar Ezekiel
- Abaye
- Rava
- Sherira Gaon
- Hai Gaon
Sources
- Pumbedita Academy (Wikipedia, context article)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pumbedita (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Misiche/Peroz-Shapur/Anbar/Pumbedita/Pallughtha (Pleiades place 894043)
Pleiades Gazetteer (CC BY 3.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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