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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Saadia Gaon canonical	35
Saadia ben Joseph	3
Saadiah Gaon	2
Gaon of Sura (Saadia Gaon)	1
Rabbi Saadia Gaon	1
Saadia	1
Saadia Gaon recension	1
Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi	1
Saadia ben Yosef	1
Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi	1
Saʿadya ben Yosef al-Fayyūmī	1
סעדיה גאון	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Jewish philosopher ⓘ Jewish theologian ⓘ biblical commentator ⓘ exegete ⓘ gaon ⓘ rabbi ⓘ translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saadia Gaon ⓘ surface form: Saadia ben Joseph Saadia Gaon ⓘ surface form: Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi Saadia Gaon ⓘ surface form: 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 period ⓘ surface form: Geonic era
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: 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	Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ⓘ surface form: سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي
nameInHebrew	Saadia Gaon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Siddur of Saadia Gaon Tafsir of the Torah ⓘ
opposed	Karaite Jews ⓘ surface form: Karaite Judaism
placeOfBirth	Egypt ⓘ Faiyum Governorate ⓘ surface form: Fayyum
placeOfDeath	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Sura ⓘ
positionHeld	gaon of Sura academy ⓘ head of the Sura yeshiva ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Baghdad ⓘ surface form: Baghdad region Palestine ⓘ
subjectOf	Jewish philosophical studies ⓘ research on Geonic literature ⓘ
wroteIn	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ

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Judeo-Arabic → notableAuthor → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Saadia Gaon → nameInHebrew → Saadia Gaon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: סעדיה גאון

Saadia Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Joseph

Saadia Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi

Saadia Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadiah Gaon

Sefer Yetzirah → hasVersion → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia Gaon recension

Sefer Yetzirah → commentedOnBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Maimonides → influencedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Geonim → notableMember → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadiah Gaon

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Joseph

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → alsoKnownAs → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Yosef

Emunot ve-Deot → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi

Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saʿadya ben Yosef al-Fayyūmī

Tafsir of the Torah → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Sefer ha-Galuy → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Sefer ha-Galuy → workOf → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Geonic period → hasNotablePerson → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → discussedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Agron → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Agron → compiler → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Jewish philosophy → hasNotableFigure → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Jewish theology → associatedWithFigure → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Ibn Ezra → influencedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Joseph Albo → influencedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Rita Gam → notableWork → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia

Yeshivat Sura → notableHead → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

First Treatise on the Creation of the World → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Second Treatise on God’s Unity → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Third Treatise on the Commandments → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience → partOfWorkBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Fifth Treatise on the Soul and Death → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Sixth Treatise on Resurrection → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Sixth Treatise on Resurrection → associatedPerson → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saadia ben Joseph

Seventh Treatise on the Messiah → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Seventh Treatise on the Messiah → hasAuthorRole → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaon of Sura (Saadia Gaon)

Ninth Treatise on Free Will → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct → associatedFigure → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Saadia Gaon’s biblical commentaries → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Eighth Treatise on Reward and Punishment → author → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Bahya ibn Paquda → influencedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

Provençal Jewish scholars → influencedBy → Saadia Gaon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Saadia Gaon

Medieval Babylonian Jewry → producedFigure → Saadia Gaon ⓘ