Saadia Gaon

Saadia Gaon

male, deceased (942)
Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi, greek philosophy, Karaism, Rabbinic Judaism, geonic, Saīd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi
Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon, ("Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi"); was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period. Saadia is kno...
Abraham Ibn Daud

Abraham Ibn Daud

male, deceased (1180)
from Toledo, Spain, Rishonim, Karaite Judaism, historian, German, philosopher…Karaism
Abraham ibn Daud was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Toledo, Spain about 1110; died, according to common report, a...

Benjamin Nahawandi

male
karaite, Karaite rabbi, persian, Jewish person, Middle Ages, Karaism
Benjamin Nahawandi or Benjamin ben Moses or Benyamin ben Moshe al-Nahawendi was one of the greatest of the Karaite scholars of the early Middle...

Eleazar Kalir

male
Jewish, poet, judaism, 10th century, ashkenazi jew, kabbalah…Karaism
Eleazar ben Kalir was one of Judaism's earliest and most prolific of the "paytanim", liturgical poets. Many of his hymns have found their way into...
David ben Boaz

David ben Boaz

male
Karaite exilarchs, Hegira, exilarch, Hijri year, resh galuta, Jehoshafat ben Saul…Karaism
David ben Boaz (in Arabic, Abu Sa'id Daud ibn Bu'az was a Karaite Jewish scholar who flourished in the tenth century CE. He is reported to have...

Aaron Ben Joseph Of Constantinople

male, deceased (1320)
Jewish, Karaite rabbi, maimonides, rabbi, Hebrew-language poet, poet…Karaism
Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople (not to be confused with his near-contemporary, Aaron ben Eliyahu of Nicomedia), was an eminent teacher,...

Samuel Abraham Poznański

male, deceased (1921)
rabbi, polish, Gymnasium, Warsaw University, Hebrew calendar, Karaism
Samuel Abraham Poznański or Shemuel Avraham Poznanski was a Polish Reform rabbi and scholar, known for his studies of Karaism and the Hebrew c...

Dodai ben Nahman

male
iraqi, Jewish person, Babylonian-Jewish, Isaac Iskoy ben Solomon, Talmudic academy, gaon…Karaism
Dodai ben Nahman was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761-764). Little is known...