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Pumbedita Academy

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish yeshiva academy in babylon”. Today it says “talmudic academy in pumbedita”.
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Pumbedita Academy or Pumbedita Yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבת פומבדיתא ; sometimes Pumbeditha , Pumpedita , Pumbedisa ) was a Talmudic academy in Pumbedita , an unidentified location in modern Iraq , during the Amoraic and Geonic eras. It was founded by Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE) and, with the Sura Academy founded in 225 by Abba Arika , retained dominant influence for about 800 years.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish yeshiva academy in babylon”. Today it says “talmudic academy in pumbedita”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

jewish yeshiva academy in babylon

Now

talmudic academy in pumbedita

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