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Jewish History

Jewish Diversity in Medieval Jewish Babylonia: Beyond Rabbanites and Karaites

Hosted By: My Jewish Learning

Discover the many Jewish groups that lived in Babylonia during the 8th to 10th centuries. With My Jewish Learning and teacher Eliyahu Freedman, get to the heart of the main issues that concerned Medieval Baghdadi Jews – and led to heated disagreement and conflict between them. Meet important personalities such as Anan Ben David, Mīshawayh al-ʿUkbarī, Saadia Gaon and Jacob al-Qirqisani.

 

 

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