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Academy of Nehardea מתיבתא דנהרדעא
The ancient seat of Torah in Bavel — "the court that was there already" when Rav arrived — headed in the first amoraic generation by Shmuel. Destroyed by Papa ben Netzer in 259 CE; its scholars seeded Pumbedita (Rav Yehudah) and the court of Rav Nachman. The start date shown is schematic: only its amoraic phase is dated here.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- מתיבתא דנהרדעא
- Era
- amoraim
II. When
- Traditional
- to 4019 AM (destroyed 259 CE; by its own tradition far older)
- Academic
- flourished c. 200–259 CE under Shmuel; earlier history unverifiable
- Duration
- ≈59 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Nehardea
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehardea was the established court of Bavel — Rav "left Nehardea to Shmuel, for it was his place and it was the place of Torah" — one of the two great courts alongside Rav's new foundation at Sura. | tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| In 570 of the Seleucid era (259 CE) Papa ben Netzer destroyed Nehardea; Shmuel's students Rav Nachman and Rav Yehudah carried its Torah onward.
No received_from edge is drawn for Nehardea itself: its origins precede documented reception (tradition ascribes it to the first exile, which is legend-grade for this atlas).
|
tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| Its attested amoraic heads — Shmuel, from Rav's withdrawal to Sura until his death, and Rav Nachman, head of its court from Shmuel's death to the destruction — are recorded as structured roles on their entries (Shmuel, Rav Nachman).
Rabbi Shila, "resh sidra" in Bavel before Rav and Shmuel (1:90), is noted here pending an entry of his own.
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tradition | ★★★★☆ |