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Pumbedita (sometimes Pumbeditha, Pumpedita, or Pumbedisa) was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
 that was a major center of Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 scholarship that, together with the city of Sura
Sura (city)

Sura was a city in the southern part of ancient Babylonia, located west of the Euphrates River. It was well-known for its agriculture produce, which included grapes, wheat, and barley....
, gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud. The academy there was founded by Judah ben Ezekiel
Judah ben Ezekiel

Judah ben Ezekiel , also known as Rav Yehuda, was a Jews of Babylonia amora of the 2nd generation. He was the most prominent disciple of Rav , in whose house he often stayed, and whose son Hiyya was his pupil ....
 in the late third century.

The Babylonian Talmud mentions the logical fallacies and arcane methodology of the academy of Pumpedita.






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Pumbedita (sometimes Pumbeditha, Pumpedita, or Pumbedisa) was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
 that was a major center of Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
 scholarship that, together with the city of Sura
Sura (city)

Sura was a city in the southern part of ancient Babylonia, located west of the Euphrates River. It was well-known for its agriculture produce, which included grapes, wheat, and barley....
, gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud. The academy there was founded by Judah ben Ezekiel
Judah ben Ezekiel

Judah ben Ezekiel , also known as Rav Yehuda, was a Jews of Babylonia amora of the 2nd generation. He was the most prominent disciple of Rav , in whose house he often stayed, and whose son Hiyya was his pupil ....
 in the late third century.

The Babylonian Talmud mentions the logical fallacies and arcane methodology of the academy of Pumpedita. "Are you from Pumbedita, where they make an elephant pass through the eye of a needle?" (Baba Metzia, 38b)

The modern-day city of Fallujah
Fallujah

Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 kilometers west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries....
 stands in its place.

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  • Talmudic Academies in Babylonia
    Talmudic Academies in Babylonia

    The Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, also known as the Geonim Academies, were the center for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in Mesopotamia from roughly 589 CE to 1038 CE ....