The Completion of the Babylonian Talmud

500 CE · Nehardea/Sura, Irak · cultural

The Jewish academies of Sasanian-ruled Mesopotamia completed the Babylonian Talmud by compiling halakha (Jewish law) and aggadah (narrative); the thousand-year legacy of the Babylonian Jewish academies.

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What was The Completion of the Babylonian Talmud?
The Jewish academies of Sasanian-ruled Mesopotamia completed the Babylonian Talmud by compiling halakha (Jewish law) and aggadah (narrative); the thousand-year legacy of the Babylonian Jewish academies.
When did The Completion of the Babylonian Talmud happen?
500 CE
Where did The Completion of the Babylonian Talmud take place?
Nehardea/Sura, Irak