Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī

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Jewish exegete Jewish grammarian Jewish legal scholar Jewish philosopher Jewish theologian biblical commentator gaon human rabbi

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 ben Joseph → Saadia ben Yosef → Saadiah Gaon → Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī →
birthDate	882 →
birthPlace	Egypt → Fayyum →
deathDate	942 →
deathPlace	Babylonia → Sura →
era	10th century →
ethnicGroup	Jews →
fieldOfWork	Hebrew grammar → Jewish law → Jewish philosophy → Jewish theology → biblical exegesis →
givenName	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 ha-Mitzvot → Tafsir of the Torah → The Book of Beliefs and Opinions →
opposed	Karaite Judaism →
patronymic	ibn Yūsuf →
placeOfActivity	Babylonia → Sura academy →
positionHeld	Gaon of Sura →
religion	Judaism →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ("Saʿīd al-Fayyūmī") →	alsoKnownAs
Saadia Gaon →	birthName
Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī ("Saʿīd") →	givenName
Saadia Gaon ("سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي") →	nameInArabic