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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 over the older Palestinian center of Judaism and were recognized as the leading religious and spiritual authorities by most of the world's Jewish population.

The Geonim and their circles enshrined the Babylonian Talmud as the central canonical work of rabbinic literature and the leading guide to religious practice, and it was a predominantly Babylonian version of Judaism that was transplanted to newer centers of Judaism in North Africa and Europe. Robert Brody's book - the first survey in English of the Geonic period in almost a century - focuses on the cultural milieu of the Geonim and on their intellectual and literary creativity.

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382

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The geonim of Babylonia and the shaping of medieval Jewish culture
1998, Yale University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-375) and index.

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New Haven

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Dewey Decimal Class
296/.09567/09021
Library of Congress
BM501.5 .B76 1998, BM501.5.B76 1998, BM501.5 .B76 1997

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xxii, 382 p. :
Number of pages
382

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OL657714M
ISBN 10
0300070470
LCCN
97002879
OCLC/WorldCat
36386778
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106716
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2302214

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