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Geonim (Hebrew: גאונים; Hebrew: [ɡe(ʔ)oˈnim]; also
transliterated Gaonim,
singular Gaon) were the
presidents of the two
great Babylonian Talmudic Academies...
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Responsa of the
Geonim (Hebrew: תשובות הגאונים) are
responsa written by
rabbis of the
Geonic period in
response to
questions addressed to them. In the...
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about 800
years over the
course of the eras of the Amoraim, Savoraim, and
Geonim up
until the days of Hai Gaon. At the time, the
academies of
Pumbedita and...
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Judaism in the
Eastern Roman Empire under Theodosius II; 500–650. The
Geonim ("greats" or "geniuses")
presided over the two
major Babylonian Academies...
- (Hebrew: גאון, gā'ōn, lit. 'pride',
plural geonim, גְּאוֹנִים, gĕ'ōnīm) was
originally a
formal title for the
Geonim,
heads of
Talmudic academies in the 6th-11th...
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latter version being the most common.
Early sources, from the
Mishnah to the
Geonim, only use "Shem haMephorash" to
refer to the four-letter Tetragrammaton...
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commentary (meaning obscure). Yom Tov of
Seville writes (ad loc.) "The
Geonim record that
every time it says 'I saw' in this formula, it was a dream-vision"...
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referred to him as the "Other One" (אחר, Acher). In the
writings of the
Geonim this name
appears as "Achor" ("backwards"),
because Elisha was considered...
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Pumbedita Academy in
Lower Mesopotamia. He was one of the most
prominent geonim of the period. His son Hai
succeeded him as gaon. He
wrote the
Iggeret of...
- rose to
prominence as
centers of
Jewish learning, governance, and law. The
geonim (heads of
these academies)
corresponded with
Jewish communities across the...
