Saadia Gaon

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Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.

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instanceOf Jewish legal scholar
Jewish philosopher
Jewish theologian
biblical commentator
exegete
gaon
rabbi
translator
alsoKnownAs Saadia ben Joseph
linked to: Saadia Gaon

Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi
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Saadiah Gaon
linked to: Saadia Gaon
appointedBy Exilarch David ben Zakkai
birthName Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
century 10th century
countryOfBirth Abbasid Caliphate
dateOfBirth 882
dateOfDeath 942
education Talmudic scholarship in Babylonia
era Geonic era
linked to: Geonic period
ethnicGroup Jew
linked to: Jews
fieldOfWork Hebrew linguistics
Jewish law
Jewish philosophy
biblical exegesis
translation
influenced Jewish rationalist philosophy
Maimonides
influencedBy Islamic kalam
Muʿtazilite theology
Rabbinic Judaism
Talmud
knownFor Judeo-Arabic Bible translation
codifying Jewish belief principles
liturgical innovations
polemics against Karaites
systematic Jewish theology
language Arabic
Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
movement Geonic period
nameInArabic سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي
nameInHebrew סעדיה גאון
linked to: Saadia Gaon
notableWork Agron
Arabic translation of the Torah
Emunot ve-Deot
Hebrew dictionary
Hebrew grammar works
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Sefer ha-Galuy
Siddur of Saadia Gaon
linked to: Siddur

Tafsir of the Torah
opposed Karaite Judaism
linked to: Karaite Jews
placeOfBirth Egypt
Fayyum
linked to: Faiyum Governorate
placeOfDeath Abbasid Caliphate
Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sura
positionHeld gaon of Sura academy
head of the Sura yeshiva
religion Judaism
residence Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Baghdad region
linked to: Baghdad

Palestine
subjectOf Jewish philosophical studies
research on Geonic literature
wroteIn Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

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Judeo-Arabic notableAuthor Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon nameInHebrew סעדיה גאון
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon alsoKnownAs Saadia ben Joseph
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon alsoKnownAs Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon alsoKnownAs Saadiah Gaon
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Sefer Yetzirah hasVersion Saadia Gaon recension
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Sefer Yetzirah commentedOnBy Saadia Gaon
Maimonides influencedBy Saadia Gaon
Geonim notableMember Saadia Gaon
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī alsoKnownAs Saadiah Gaon
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī alsoKnownAs Saadia ben Joseph
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī alsoKnownAs Saadia ben Yosef
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Emunot ve-Deot author Saadia Gaon
Emunot ve-Deot author Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi
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Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt author Saʿadya ben Yosef al-Fayyūmī
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Tafsir of the Torah author Saadia Gaon
Sefer ha-Galuy author Saadia Gaon
Sefer ha-Galuy workOf Saadia Gaon
Geonic period hasNotablePerson Saadia Gaon
Agron author Saadia Gaon
Agron compiler Saadia Gaon
Jewish philosophy hasNotableFigure Saadia Gaon
Ibn Ezra influencedBy Saadia Gaon
Joseph Albo influencedBy Saadia Gaon
Rita Gam notableWork Saadia
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Yeshivat Sura notableHead Saadia Gaon
Sixth Treatise on Resurrection associatedPerson Saadia ben Joseph
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Seventh Treatise on the Messiah hasAuthorRole Gaon of Sura (Saadia Gaon)
linked to: Saadia Gaon
Ninth Treatise on Free Will author Saadia Gaon
Bahya ibn Paquda influencedBy Saadia Gaon
Provençal Jewish scholars influencedBy Rabbi Saadia Gaon
linked to: Saadia Gaon