Mahuza

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Congolese Vicar Apostolic of the Comoros Archipelago see Charles Mahuza Yava .

Mahuza (in Hebrew and Aramaic sources, especially the Jewish ones : Machuza or Machoza ) is another name used by ancient Jews for the historical city of Seleukia-Ctesiphon across from the Tigris (now in Iraq ), which housed a Talmudic academy and the was also the seat of the exile .

After Chisda's death, the Surah rapidly lost its importance. Rabba bar Nachmani , Josef and Abbaje taught in Pumbedita ; she was followed by Raba (270–352), who moved the academy to his native city of Mahuza.

The ruins of the Taq-e Kisra palace are near Mahuza .

See also

• Nehardea
• Pumbedita
• Sura

literature

• Heinrich Hirsch Graetz: Judaism in the Roman Empire and under Islam . 1985, ISBN 978-3-423-05933-6 , p. 125.