Ahijah (exilarch)
Ahijah was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century CE.[1][2][3][4][5] There are no known holders of the office prior to his tenure. His name does not appear in the Seder Olam Zutta. He is potentially the son of Akkub[6] who is commonly noted in contemporary Jewish genealogies.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Berakhot 63a".
- ^ Richard Gottheil; Wilhelm Bacher. "EXILARCH". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Exilarch".
- ^ Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1901). "The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day".
- ^ "Encyclopaedia Judaica". 1971.
- ^ "Ahijah, 1st Babylonian Exilarch". Genealogy of the House of David. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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