ẒEMAḤ ẒEDEK BEN ISAAC

ẒEMAḤ ẒEDEK BEN ISAAC
ẒEMAḤ ẒEDEK BEN ISAAC (second half of tenth century), gaon of the Sura Academy in Baghdad from about 988 to about 997; descendant of R. Ẓemaḥ b. Paltoi Gaon\>\> . R. Ẓemaḥ Ẓedek reopened the Sura Academy after it had been closed for some 45 years (after the death of R. Saadiah Gaon). In a letter of 953, attributed to Ẓemaḥ Ẓedek, which was probably sent to Ḥisdai ibn Shaprut\>\> in Spain, the writer asked for contributions to the academies of Babylonia and appended a list of halakhic questions which had been addressed to Babylonian geonim. R. Ẓemaḥ Ẓedek maintained friendly relations with R. Elhanan b. Shemariah\>\> of Egypt, with whom he had become acquainted when the latter had studied at Pumbedita under R. Sherira Gaon\>\> and his son R. Hai Gaon. R. Ẓemaḥ Ẓedek gave his advice to R. Elhanan in questions concerning the nature and the unity of God. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: E.D. Shapira, in: Ginzei Kedem, 3 (1925), 3–13; Mann, in: Hebrew Union College Jubilee Volume (1925), 227ff.; idem, in: HUCA, 3 (1926), 309–10; Mann, Texts, 1 (1931), 145–7, 478–9; Abramson, Merkazim, 113, 136. (Abraham David)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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