JUDAH BEN JOSEPH OF KAIROUAN
- JUDAH BEN JOSEPH OF KAIROUAN
- JUDAH BEN JOSEPH OF KAIROUAN (end of 10th and
beginning of 11th century), talmudic scholar of the geonic
era. Judah is referred to as resh sidra, resh kallah ,
and alluf . He corresponded on halakhic problems with
sherira and his son hai , geonim of
pumbedita , as well as with samuel b. hophni ,
Gaon of sura . His last extant letter is dated 1021
C.E. From cairo genizah fragments and laudatory
poems written by Hai Gaon and by an anonymous poet, it is clear that he
was a wealthy merchant who had considerable influence with the
government. Together with Joseph b. Berechiah and Abraham b. Nathan,
nagid of kairouan , Judah assisted the Jews expelled from
fez in 979/980 following the revolt of the Beni Ziri against the
fatimids . Judah was a patron of scholars and contributed to the
Babylonian yeshivot. He opposed the karaites and is thought to
have written a biblical commentary.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A. Harkavy, Zikkaron la-Rishonim ve-gam la-Aḥaronim, 4
(1887), nos. 207, 434, 442; Mann, in: Tarbiz, 5 (1933/34),
301–4; Hirschberg, in: Zion, 23–24 (1958–59), 166–73;
Goitein, ibid., 27 (1962), 159–64; Abramson, in: Sinai;
Sefer Yovel (1958), 403–17; Abramson, Merkazim, 79–82.
(Eliezer Bashan (Sternberg)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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