library
Sura
near Kufa / al-Kifl, Iraq · Wider Abrahamic world
32.220, 44.400
Approximate location.
Attested. The academy is attested. Its exact location near the Euphrates is uncertain, and the point is approximate.
Sura
near Kufa / al-Kifl
Rav (Abba Arikha) founded an academy at Sura around 225. Its heads (Rav Ashi and others) shaped the Babylonian Talmud, and in the Geonic period it rivalled Pumbedita under the Exilarch. Saadia Gaon headed it (928–942). It later relocated to Baghdad.
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Rav (Abba Arikha)
- Rav Huna
- Rav Ashi
- Saadia Gaon
Sources
- Talmudic academies in Babylonia (Wikipedia, context article)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Sura (city) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Councils here
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