Nahum (exilarch)

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 to one is noted before his tenure. Very little is known about him or about the nature of the office that he served during his own 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". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
Regnal titles
Preceded by 2nd Babylonian Exilarch
abt. 140 		Succeeded by