Saadia Gaon

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Jewish legal scholar Jewish philosopher Jewish theologian biblical commentator exegete gaon rabbi translator

Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.

Aliases (8)

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal scholar → Jewish philosopher → Jewish theologian → biblical commentator → exegete → gaon → rabbi → translator →
alsoKnownAs	Saadia ben Joseph → Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi → Saadiah Gaon →
appointedBy	Exilarch David ben Zakkai →
birthName	Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī →
century	10th century →
countryOfBirth	Abbasid Caliphate →
dateOfBirth	882 →
dateOfDeath	942 →
education	Talmudic scholarship in Babylonia →
era	Geonic era →
ethnicGroup	Jew →
fieldOfWork	Hebrew linguistics → Jewish law → Jewish philosophy → biblical exegesis → translation →
influenced	Jewish rationalist philosophy → Maimonides →
influencedBy	Islamic kalam → Muʿtazilite theology → Rabbinic Judaism → Talmud →
knownFor	Judeo-Arabic Bible translation → codifying Jewish belief principles → liturgical innovations → polemics against Karaites → systematic Jewish theology →
language	Arabic → Aramaic → Hebrew → Judeo-Arabic →
movement	Geonic period →
nameInArabic	سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي →
nameInHebrew	סעדיה גאון →
notableWork	Agron → Arabic translation of the Torah → Emunot ve-Deot → Hebrew dictionary → Hebrew grammar works → Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt → Sefer ha-Galuy → Siddur of Saadia Gaon → Tafsir of the Torah →
opposed	Karaite Judaism →
placeOfBirth	Egypt → Fayyum →
placeOfDeath	Abbasid Caliphate → Babylonia → Sura →
positionHeld	gaon of Sura academy → head of the Sura yeshiva →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Babylonia → Baghdad region → Palestine →
subjectOf	Jewish philosophical studies → research on Geonic literature →
wroteIn	Aramaic → Hebrew → Judeo-Arabic →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saadia Gaon ("Saadia ben Joseph") → Saadia Gaon ("Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi") → Saadia Gaon ("Saadiah Gaon") → Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ("Saadiah Gaon") → Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ("Saadia ben Joseph") → Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ("Saadia ben Yosef") →	alsoKnownAs
Emunot ve-Deot → Emunot ve-Deot ("Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi") → Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt → Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt ("Saʿadya ben Yosef al-Fayyūmī") → Sefer ha-Galuy → Tafsir of the Torah →	author
Sefer Yetzirah →	commentedOnBy
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) →	discussedBy
Geonic period →	hasNotablePerson
Sefer Yetzirah ("Saadia Gaon recension") →	hasVersion
Maimonides →	influencedBy
Saadia Gaon ("סעדיה גאון") →	nameInHebrew
Judeo-Arabic →	notableAuthor
Geonim →	notableMember
Sefer ha-Galuy →	workOf