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Resh Galuta|ˌreɪʃ gəluːˈtɑː|
Also Resch Glutha and with small initials.
[Aramaic, lit. ‘chief of the exile’.]
= Exilarch. Also transf.
1829H. H. Milman Hist. Jews III. xix. 160 Babylon, where, during his days of splendour, the Resch-Glutha fixed his residence. Ibid. 162 The Court of the Resch-Glutha is described as equally splendid; in imitation of his Persian master, he had his officers, counsellors, and cupbearers. 1867C. M. Yonge Pupils of St. John x. 159 A stately personage..known as the Resch Glutha, or Chief of the Captivity. 1903Jewish Encycl. V. 293/1 This last story indicates that the resh galuta had by that time become the subject of Mohammedan legend. 1931C. Roth Jewish Bk. of Days 6 Huna Mari, Prince of the Captivity, executed, 470. This high office (otherwise known as that of Exilarch—Resh Galutha) was enjoyed by the secular head of the ‘exile’ in Babylonia in virtue of his descent from the house of David. 1971Encycl. Judaica VI. 1031/2 During subsequent periods the nesi'im of Yemen were referred to as resh galuta, although they had no connections with the Babylonian exilarch or the House of David. |