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408 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300070477
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: Not specified
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The Geonic period from about the late sixth to mid-eleventh centuries is of crucial importance in the history of Judaism. The Geonim, for whom this era is named, were the heads of the ancient talmudic academies of Babylonia. They gained ascendancy...
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408 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300070477
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The Geonic period from about the late sixth to mid-eleventh centuries is of crucial importance in the history of Judaism. The Geonim, for whom this era is named, were the heads of the ancient talmudic academies of Babylonia. They gained ascendancy...