Geonim

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The Geonim were the heads of the great Talmudic academies in Babylonia during the early medieval period, serving as the supreme rabbinic authorities and shaping the development of Jewish law and tradition.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Geonim canonical 24
Babylonian Geonim 4
Geonim of Babylonia 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious office
historical rabbinic institution
rabbinic leadership period
appliesToJurisdiction Babylonian exile
surface form: Babylonian Jewry

diaspora Jewish communities
country Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia
endTime c. 11th century
field Biblical exegesis
Halakha
Jewish law
Jewish liturgy
Responsa literature
Talmudic scholarship
followedBy Rishonim
follows Savoraim
hasRole central halakhic authority for the Jewish diaspora
guardians of the Babylonian Talmudic tradition
influenced Rishonim
development of yeshiva system
later synagogue liturgy
medieval Jewish law codes
languageUsed Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
mainLocation Pumbedita academy
Sura academy
notableMember Amram Gaon
Hai Gaon
Natronai Gaon
Saadia Gaon
Geonim self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sherira Gaon
partOf Pumbedita academy
surface form: Babylonian Talmudic academies

rabbinic leadership of the Jewish people
positionHeld head of Talmudic academy
supreme rabbinic authority
product Geonic responsa
Halakhic monographs
commentaries on the Bible
commentaries on the Talmud
liturgical works
religion Judaism
significantEvent decline after the rise of North African and Spanish yeshivot
startTime c. 7th century
use answering legal queries (responsa)
codification of Jewish law
development of synagogue liturgy
interpretation of the Talmud
issuing halakhic rulings
preservation of Talmudic tradition

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Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rif influencedBy Geonim
this entity surface form: Babylonian Geonim
Geonim notableMember Geonim self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sherira Gaon
Acharonim influencedBy Geonim
Sura governedBy Geonim
Rishonim follows Geonim
Rishonim distinguishedFrom Geonim
Sefer ha-Galuy associatedWith Geonim
this entity surface form: Babylonian Geonim
Geonic period hasCentralFigure Geonim
this entity surface form: Babylonian Geonim
Geonic period hasNotablePerson Geonim
this entity surface form: Yehudai Gaon
Geonic responsa authoredBy Geonim
Milhamot Hashem cites Geonim
Isaac Alfasi influencedBy Geonim
Abba Arika (Rav) influenced Geonim
subject surface form: Abba Arika
Abaye influenced Geonim
Hai Gaon era Geonim
Natronai Gaon partOf Geonim
this entity surface form: Geonim of Babylonia
Savoraim preceded Geonim
Savoraim succeededBy Geonim
Savoraim distinctFrom Geonim
Amram Gaon partOf Geonim
this entity surface form: Geonim of Babylonia
Geonic liturgy developedBy Geonim
Geonic liturgy associatedWith Geonim
this entity surface form: Babylonian Geonim
Geonic liturgy standardizedBy Geonim
this entity surface form: Geonim of Sura
Geonic liturgy standardizedBy Geonim
this entity surface form: Geonim of Pumbedita
Yeshivat Sura governedBy Geonim
Sherira Gaon memberOf Geonim
Baalei Tosafot precededBy Geonim