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 ⓘ