Geonim
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Geonic adjective
Example Sentences
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The Geonim, however, explain that they were made in the forms of birds, beasts, and fishes.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
Hai Gaon died in 1038, closing the period of the Geonim after an activity of four and a half centuries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
It is only when no reading satisfies him that he assumes an interpolation or an error, in this event frequently resorting to the Responsa of the Geonim.
From Rashi by Szold, Adele
Maimonides, in later times, frequently adopted this method of communicating with whole communities, and many of the Geonim and other Jewish authorities followed the same plan.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
It was adopted by some of the later Geonim from the Muʿtazila.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
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