Sherira ben Hanina: Difference between revisions

Rav '''Sherira Gaon''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''רב שרירא גאון''' or '''R. Sherira Gaon bar Ḥanina ''', [[Hebrew]]: '''רב שרירא גאון בר חנינא''' or merely '''Sherira b. Ḥanina'''<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=617&letter=S SHERIRA B. ḤANINA], jewishencyclopedia.com; Article</ref>; c. 906-c. 1006<ref>Trans. Nosson Dovid Rabinowich,The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon (Jerusalem: Moznaim, 1988) {{oclc|20044324}}, p. xx</ref><ref name=Daud>Abraham ibn Daud, "Sefer ha-Ḳabbalah," in [[Adolf Neubauer]], "Medieval Jewish Chronicles" (Oxford, 1887) {{ISBN|1-145-09335-3}}, i. 66-67</ref>) was the head (gaon) of the [[Academy of Pumbeditha|Academy]] of [[Pumbeditha]]. He was one of the most prominent [[Geonim]] of his period, and the father of [[Hai Gaon]], who succeeded him as gaon. He wrote the ''[[Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon]]'' ("[The] Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon"), a comprehensive history of the composition of the [[Talmud]].