Geonim Archives - Dr. Tamar R. Marvin

Gaon

גאון – pl. גאניםת Geonim – the formal title of the head of one of the yeshivot (academies) of Bavel (Babylon, or present-day Iraq). See Geonim.

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גאונים – sing. גאון (Gaon) – the formal title of the head of one of the yeshivot (academies) of Bavel (Babylon, or present-day Iraq), which was also known as Rosh Yeshiva (Gaon Ya’akov) or Reish Metivta. The office itself is referred to as the gaonate and stood in contrast to the Reish Galuta, “Head of…

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