Nehardea

Parthian then Sasanian Persia · to 259 CE

The earliest great Babylonian Jewish center - seat of the exilarch tradition and the academy destroyed in 259 CE, after which Sura and Pumbedita rose.

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Nehardea

Iraq · Heritage site · 33.4°N 43.3°E

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Where is Nehardea?

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What happened to the Jewish community of Nehardea?

200 BCE–259

Exilarch seat and academy

Today

No visible remains; memory in Talmudic literature.

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What did Nehardea sound like?

Jewish Aramaic (Ancient Judeo-Aramaic)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

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