Hezekiah Gaon

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Hezekiah Gaon was a prominent 11th-century Jewish scholar and the last Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, known for his leadership during the final phase of the Geonic era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish scholar
gaon
head of yeshiva
rabbi
religious leader
authorityOn Talmud NERFINISHED
halakha
countryOfCitizenship Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
culture Babylonian Jewry NERFINISHED
educatedAt Pumbedita academy NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork Jewish law
Talmudic scholarship
halakhic leadership
hasTitle Gaon NERFINISHED
Rav
historicalSignificance marked the close of the classical Geonic leadership in Babylonia
influenced later medieval rabbinic tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic
Hebrew
memberOf rabbinic leadership of Babylonia
movement Geonim NERFINISHED
notableEvent end of the Geonic institutions in Babylonia
notableFor being the last Gaon of Pumbedita
leadership during the final phase of the Geonic era
occupation gaon of Pumbedita NERFINISHED
partOf Pumbedita academy leadership lineage
positionHeld Gaon of the Pumbedita academy NERFINISHED
head of the Pumbedita yeshiva
precededBy Hai Gaon NERFINISHED
region Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
roleIn continuation of Geonic traditions
leadership of Babylonian Jewry
timePeriod 11th century
Geonic era
tradition Babylonian Talmudic tradition
workLocation Babylonia NERFINISHED
Pumbedita NERFINISHED
Pumbedita academy NERFINISHED

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Hai Gaon successor Hezekiah Gaon