Back Sherira Gaon Catalan Scherira Gaon German Sherira Gaon Spanish شریرا گائون Persian Sherira Gaon French רב שרירא גאון HE Serira ben Hanina Hungarian Шерира бар-Ханина Russian
Sherira Gaon | |
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שרירא גאון | |
| Title | Gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha |
| Personal | |
| Born | Sherira bar Hanina c. 906 CE |
| Died | c. 1006 CE |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Children | Hai Gaon |
| Parent | Hananiah ben Yehudai |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek |
| Successor | Hai Gaon |
| Position | Gaon |
| Yeshiva | Pumbedita Academy |
| Began | 968 CE |
| Ended | 998 CE |
| Main work | Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon |
Sherira bar Hanina (Hebrew: שרירא בר חנינא) more commonly known as Sherira Gaon (Hebrew: שרירא גאון; c. 906 – c. 1006) was the gaon of the 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.[1][2]
- ^ Trans. Nosson Dovid Rabinowich, The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon (Jerusalem: Moznaim, 1988) OCLC 20044324, p. xx
- ^ Abraham ibn Daud, "Sefer ha-Ḳabbalah," in Adolf Neubauer, Medieval Jewish Chronicles (Oxford, 1887) ISBN 1-145-09335-3, i. 66-67