Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī

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Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī, better known as Saadia Gaon, was a prominent 10th-century Jewish philosopher, exegete, and Gaon of the Sura academy, renowned for his works on Jewish law, grammar, and rational theology.

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

Saadia ben Yosef
linked to: Saadia Gaon

Saadiah Gaon
linked to: Saadia Gaon

Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī
birthDate 882
birthPlace Egypt
Fayyum
linked to: Faiyum Oasis
deathDate 942
deathPlace Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sura
era 10th century
ethnicGroup Jews
fieldOfWork Hebrew grammar
Jewish law
Jewish philosophy
Jewish theology
biblical exegesis
givenName Saʿīd
influenced Maimonides
medieval Jewish philosophy
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy
Islamic kalam
Rabbinic tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
movement Geonic period
notableWork Arabic translation of the Bible
Hebrew dictionary and grammar works
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Sefer ha-Galuy
Sefer ha-Mitzvot
Tafsir of the Torah
The Book of Beliefs and Opinions
opposed Karaite Judaism
linked to: Karaite Jews
patronymic ibn Yūsuf
placeOfActivity Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sura academy
positionHeld Gaon of Sura
linked to: Natronai Gaon
religion Judaism

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Saadia Gaon birthName Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
Saadia Gaon nameInArabic سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي
linked to: Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī alsoKnownAs Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī
linked to: Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī givenName Saʿīd
linked to: Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
ibn Yūsuf usedInNameOf Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
ibn Yūsuf fatherOf Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī