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Amram ben Sheshna: Gaon and Writer (Maybe) of the First Prayerbook      More Info This page of "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Amram Ben Sheshna who was gaon of Sura in the middle of the 9th century CE. More than 200 of Amram's responsa are extant. Some have been discovered in the Cairo Genizah. 3. Chanoch ben Moses - Talmud Scholar and Chief Rabbi of Spain      More Info Chanoch ben Moses, according to Abraham ibn Daud's Sefer HaKabbalah, was one of the sages who was captured by pirates and sent to Spain along with his father, the great Rabbi Moses ben Chanoch. Chief rabbi of Cordoba, chief rabbi of all of Muslim Spain. He succeeded in making Spanish Jewry independent of the Babylonian geonim. 4. Chapters On Jewish Literature      More Info The full text version of the book "Chapters On Jewish Literature" by Israel Abrahams.These twenty-five short chapters on Jewish Literature open with the fall of Jerusalem in the year 70 of the current era, and end with the death of Moses Mendelssohn in 1786. They include Jewish poetry,midrash, mysticism,Karaitic Literature, Ethical Literature, Historians and Chroniclers etc. etc. 5. Great Leaders of our People      More Info An Index of biographies Jewish leaders' of all times- Biblical Times,Talmudic Period, leaders in the Diaspora and leaders in the history of the state of Israel 6. History of Halakhah, Views from Within: Three Medieval Approaches to Tradition and Controversy      More Info Some texts within halakhic literature attempt to describe the history of halakhah, from short comments focusing on a particular period to comprehensive attempts to structure a chain of knowledge from Sinai to the author's time. Prominent examples: Igeret R. Shrira Gaon, Shmuel ben Hofni's Mavo la-Talmud, Abraham ibn Daud's Sefer ha-Kabbalah, Maimonides' introduction to Perush ha-Mishnah and the Mi... 7. Natronai Gaon: Major Responsa Writer      More Info This page of the "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Natronai bar Chilai who was gaon of Sura from 853 to 858 CE. He was one of the most prolific writers of responsa among the geonim of the ninth century. He is said to have been the first to use Arabic for scholarly correspondence. 8. Saadia (ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi)      More Info This page belongs to the site of Michael Kagan, Department of Philosophy in Le Moyne College. Here he gives some teaching and reading notes on Saadia ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi's epistemology and views on creation & revelation. Saadia, 892- 942, born in Egypt, was head of the academy at Sura. 9. Saadia Gaon - Philosopher and Karaite-Fighter      More Info This Page of "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Saadia Gaon, 882-942, in Babilonia. Much of what we know about him comes from the Cairo Geniza. There had been tension between Babylonia and Palestine for generations. Saadia showed that world Jewry viewed Babylonia's religious leader as more authoritative than Israel's. 10. Samuel ben Hofni - Last Important Gaon of Sura      More Info This page of "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Samuel ben Hofni who is thought to be the last gaon of Sura. He came originally from Pumpedita's academy, but he was not accepted as gaon there because Sherira's son, Hai, was appointed. but the crisis was resolved: Hai married Samuel's daughter, and Samuel became gaon of Sura in 997 CE. 11. Sherira Gaon - The First History of the Talmud      More Info This page of "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Sherira bar Channina (906-1006 CE), gaon in Babylonia, head of the academy. He taught Jewish law to world Jewry. According to tradition, he could trace his lineage all the way back to King David. 12. The Four Captives      More Info The legend of the Four Captives explains how by divine providence, the Jewish communities along the shores of the Mediterranean sea received great spiritual leaders from the Babylonian Yeshivoth . 13. The Gaonic Period 8th-10th centuries CE      More Info This page describes the Gaonic Period, from the rise of the Abbasids(mid 8th century CE) until the rise of the Fatimids (mid 11th century CE). The Abbasids made Babylonia the center of the Jewish world. The head of Sura and the head of Pumpedita were called ge'onim, excellencies. They focused their attention on convincing the Jewish world to follow not only the Talmud, but the Babylonian tradition... 14. The Geonim-Gallery of Our Great      More Info The "Gallery of Our Great" is a source of biographic information on the great Rabbies of the early Medieval period (500–1038). 15. The Jewish Community of Baghdad      More Info This page is dedicated to the history of the Jewish community of Baghdad,which was founded in the mid-eighth century. 1 |2 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? Click here to try your search on Google. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Rabin Building Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Phone: 972-2-5881894/ Fax: 972-2-5883894 dinur@h2.hum.huji.ac.il