Nahum (exilarch)

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Nahum, or Nehunyon, was a Jewish exilarch of the 2nd century AD, [1] according to the Seder Olam Zutta , residing within the Parthian Empire. [2] He is believed to be one of the oldest identifiable members of the house of the exilarch [3] in Babylonia, as no explicit mention of one is noted before his tenure. Very little is known about him or the nature of the office that he served during his lifetime. [4] He was allegedly succeeded as exilarch by his brother Johanan. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Astren, Fred (2004). Karaite Judaism and Historical Understanding. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN   9781570035180 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Goode, Alexander D. (1940). "The Exilarchate in the Eastern Caliphate, 637–1258". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 31 (2): 149–169. doi:10.2307/1452602. JSTOR   1452602.
  3. ↑ Silver, Daniel Jeremy (2012). "Maimonidean Criticism and the Maimonidean Controversy, 1180–1240". Brill Archive – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Herman, Geoffrey (2012). A Prince Without a Kingdom: The Exilarch in the Sasanian Era. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN   9783161506062 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Exilarch". jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
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Preceded by 2nd Babylonian Exilarch
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