Shaphat was a Jewish exilarch of the 2nd century AD,[1] succeeding his father, Johanan.[2][3] Little is known about him or the office of the exilarch at this time. His name is found in most surviving genealogical lines of Davidic descent.[4] He was the father of his successor, Huna Kamma, the first exilarch whose authority was recognized outside the realm of Babylonia.[citation needed]
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References
- ^ Neusner, Jacob. "A history of the jews in babylonia v. Later sasanian times".
- ^ "Exilarch". jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^ Franklin, Arnold E. (15 October 2012). This Noble House: Jewish Descendants of King David in the Medieval Islamic East. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812206401.
- ^ "Descendants of Zerubavel".