gaonate

Updated: May 10, 2025

Every one knows of Saadia, the first Hebrew grammarian, the first Hebrew lexicographer, the first Bible translator and exegete, the first Jewish philosopher of mediæval Jewry. He was born in Egypt and from there was called to the Gaonate of Sura in Babylonia.

Isaac Husik - A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy

There are many records of the graves of Jewish worthies in our literature, but it is not easy to reconcile the different versions. The most eastern dome of the mosque is to this day called Kubbet-es-Saa, the Dome of Hours. W. Bacher with justice observes that, at the time of the Crusades, the traditions of the Palestinian Gaonate seem to have survived at Damascus.

of Tudela Benjamin - The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela