- of the
Geonim covers a
period of
nearly 450 years.
There were two
major Geonic academies, one in Sura and the
other in Pumbedita. The Sura
Academy was...
-
modern scholars, most of whom
believe de León, also an
infamous forger of
Geonic material,
wrote the book
himself between 1280 and 1286. Some
scholars argue...
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Gedoloth (lit.
great halachoth) is a work on
Jewish law
dating from the
Geonic period. It
exists in
several different recensions, and
there are sharply...
- (Aramaic for 'Months of Kallah'). The rest of the year, they worked. The
Geonic period takes its name from Gaon, the
title given to the
heads of the three...
- by Ahai of
Shabha (variants: Aḥa of Shabha; Acha of Shabcha),
during the
geonic period. She'iltot is an
Aramaic word,
meaning "Inquiries" or "Quæstiones"...
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entire Jewish world. The
deans and
students of said
academies defined the
Geonic period in
Jewish history.
Following this
period were the
Rishonim who lived...
- rulings') is a
condensed rabbinic work
attributed to
Yehudai Gaon in the
Geonic Era,
containing chapters on
common Jewish halachic themes. The work was...
-
Nehardea or
Nehardeah (Imperial Aramaic: נהרדעא, romanized: nəhardəʿā "river of knowledge") was a city from the area
called by
ancient Jewish sources Babylonia...
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March 1968; Hebrew: מרדכי מרגליות) was a
scholar of the Talmud,
Midrash and
Geonic literature. He was a
professor at the
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and...
- – שלא שם, ו – ואנחנו כורעים, ה – הוא אלוקינו. The
Teshuvot HaGeonim, a
Geonic responsum,
discussed that
Joshua composed the
Aleinu because although the...
