Bebai ben Abaye

male
rabbi, eli, talmud, Jewish person, Babylonia, academy…Pumbedita
Bebai ben Abaye was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the fourth and fifth amoraic generations (fourth century CE),...

Dodai ben Nahman

male
iraqi, Jewish person, Babylonian-Jewish, Isaac Iskoy ben Solomon, Talmudic academy, gaon…Pumbedita
Dodai ben Nahman was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761-764). Little is known...

David ben Zakkai

male, deceased (940)
baghdad, Saadia, gaon, exilarch, Babylonian Jew, Academy of Pumbedita
David ben Zakkai was an exilarch. He is known in Jewish history especially for his controversy with Saadia. He was a relative of the prince of the...