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Gaon of Pumbedita, author of the Epistle of Sherira Gaon (Iggeret Rav Sherira), the first history of rabbinic Judaism. This fundamental document traces the chain of transmission of the oral law from Moses to the Geonim, founding Jewish historiography.

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Sources & resources

  • « Sherira Gaon », Encyclopaedia Judaica (2ᵉ éd.) (2007)
  • Baron, Social2, 6 (1958), 340–1, no. 46 (1958)
  • Mann, Texts, 1 (1931), 109 n.2 (1931)
  • J. Mueller, Mafte'a? li-Teshuvot ha-Ge'onim (1891)
  • A. Harkavy (ed.), Teshuvot ha-Ge'onim (1887)
  • H. Tykoczynski, Takkanot ha-Ge'onim (1959)
  • Abramson, Merkazim
  • M. Havazelet, Ha-Rambam ve-ha-Ge'onim (1967)

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