Ahijah (exilarch)

Ahijah was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century CE.[1][2][3][4][5] There are no known holders of the office prior to his tenure. His name does not appear in the Seder Olam Zutta. He is potentially the son of Akkub[6] who is commonly noted in contemporary Jewish genealogies.

See also

References
  1. "Berakhot 63a".
  2. Richard Gottheil; Wilhelm Bacher. "EXILARCH". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
  3. "Exilarch".
  4. Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1901). "The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day".
  5. "Encyclopaedia Judaica". 1971.
  6. "Ahijah, 1st Babylonian Exilarch". Genealogy of the House of David. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.


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