Geonic responsa
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Geonic responsa are a corpus of authoritative legal and religious rulings issued by the Geonim, early medieval Jewish sages who led the Babylonian Talmudic academies.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal literature
ⓘ
halakhic text ⓘ medieval Jewish literature ⓘ rabbinic responsa literature ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
Italian Jewish communities
ⓘ
Near Eastern Jewish communities ⓘ North African Jewish communities ⓘ Spanish Jewish communities ⓘ diaspora Jewish communities ⓘ |
| authoredBy | Geonim ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Talmud
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
|
| centeredIn |
Pumbedita academy
ⓘ
Sura academy ⓘ |
| contains |
customs of Babylonian Jewry
ⓘ
decisions on civil law ⓘ decisions on family law ⓘ decisions on liturgy and prayer ⓘ decisions on ritual law ⓘ interpretations of Talmudic passages ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 11th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Rishonim responsa ⓘ |
| genre | she'elot u-teshuvot (questions and answers) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
halakhic rulings
ⓘ
liturgical rulings ⓘ questions and answers ⓘ |
| historicalSourceFor |
Jewish communal organization in the early Middle Ages
ⓘ
development of halakhic methodology ⓘ economic life of medieval Jewish communities ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mishneh Torah
ⓘ
surface form:
Mishneh Torah of Maimonides
Rishonim ⓘ Sefer Ha-Halachot ⓘ
surface form:
Sefer Ha-Halachot of Rabbi Isaac Alfasi
later responsa literature ⓘ medieval halakhic codes ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| methodology |
appeal to Talmudic precedent
ⓘ
case-based reasoning ⓘ use of local custom (minhag) ⓘ |
| precededBy | Talmudic era traditions ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Cairo Geniza fragments
ⓘ
medieval manuscript collections ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
guidance for Jewish communities
ⓘ
interpretation of Talmudic law ⓘ resolution of legal doubts ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 7th century ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Geonic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Geonic era
|
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