Saadya(882–942)
Saadya, sometimes called al-Fayyumi from the section of Upper Egypt in which he was born, had a brilliant career as the most distinguished intellectual leader of Jewry in his ag...
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Saadya [addendum]882–942
Saadya's intellectual career was characterized by polemic and defense of rabbinic Judaism. As head (gaon) of the rabbinic academy of Sura in Babylonia in the fir...
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The Jewish scholar Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayumi (882-942) ranks as the most important medieval Jewish scholar of literature and history.Little is known of the early life of Saadia ben Joseph except tha...
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Saadya (882-942)
Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayumi