Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī

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Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī, better known as Saadia Gaon, was a prominent 10th-century Jewish philosopher, exegete, and Gaon of the Sura academy, renowned for his works on Jewish law, grammar, and rational theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish exegete
Jewish grammarian
Jewish legal scholar
Jewish philosopher
Jewish theologian
biblical commentator
gaon
human
rabbi
alsoKnownAs Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon
surface form: Saadia ben Joseph

Saadia Gaon
surface form: Saadia ben Yosef

Saadia Gaon
surface form: Saadiah Gaon

Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
surface form: Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī
birthDate 882
birthPlace Egypt
Faiyum Oasis
surface form: Fayyum
deathDate 942
deathPlace Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Sura
era 10th century
ethnicGroup Jews
fieldOfWork Hebrew grammar
Jewish law
Jewish philosophy
Jewish theology
biblical exegesis
givenName Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saʿīd
influenced Maimonides
medieval Jewish philosophy
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy
Islamic kalam
Rabbinic tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
movement Geonic period
notableWork Arabic translation of the Bible
Hebrew dictionary and grammar works
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Sefer ha-Galuy
Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides)
surface form: Sefer ha-Mitzvot

Tafsir of the Torah
The Book of Beliefs and Opinions
opposed Karaite Jews
surface form: Karaite Judaism
patronymic ibn Yūsuf
placeOfActivity Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Sura academy
positionHeld Natronai Gaon
surface form: Gaon of Sura
religion Judaism

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Saadia Gaon birthName Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
Saadia Gaon nameInArabic Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
this entity surface form: سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī alsoKnownAs Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
this entity surface form: Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī givenName Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saʿīd
ibn Yūsuf usedInNameOf Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī
ibn Yūsuf fatherOf Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī