Pumbedita Academy

Pumbedita
Pumbedita
Coordinates: 33°21′04″N 43°47′10″E / 33.35111°N 43.78611°E / 33.35111; 43.78611
Country	Iraq

Pumbedita Academy or Pumbedita Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת פומבדיתא; sometimes Pumbeditha, Pumpedita, Pumbedisa) was a yeshiva in present-day Iraq, called Babylon, during the era of the Amoraim and Geonim sages. It was founded by Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE) and, with the Sura Academy founded in 225 by Abba Arika, was an influential and dominant yeshiva for about 800 years.