Samuel ben Hofni (Hebrew: שמואל בן חפני; died 1034; abbreviation: Hebrew: הרשב״ח "The Rashbaḥ") was the gaon of Sura Academy in Mesopotamia ("Babylonia")...
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Mar Rab Mar, who assumed office in 609. The last gaon of Sura was Samuel ben Hofni, who died in 1034; the last gaon of Pumbedita was Hezekiah Gaon, who...
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as if they really had entered them. Contrary to his father-in-law, Samuel ben Hofni, gaon of Sura Academy, he followed former scholars in deeming it possible...
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closed for about 45 years Zemah Tzedek ben Paltoi ben Isaac (Semah, Sedeq) – around 990 and around 998 Samuel ben Hofni (Hophni, ha-Kohen) (father-in-law of...
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Hai, as well as between him and the then-gaon in the Land of Israel, Samuel ben Hofni. He died of injuries following a fall when the bimah in the Córdoba...
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Mar Rab Mar, who assumed office in 609. The last gaon of Sura was Samuel ben Ḥofni, who died in 1034 CE; the last gaon of Pumbedita was Hezekiah Gaon...
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(882/892 – 942) Zemah ben Hayyim (Gaon 889–895) Sherira Gaon (906–1006) Samuel ben Hofni (died 1034) Hai Gaon (939–1038) A honorific title given to a few leading...
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"Ibn al-Dastūr, Samuel ben ʿAlī". Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Sklare, David Eric; Hophni, Samuel Ben (1996). Samuel Ben Ḥofni Gaon and His...
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which was written in an epistle to Hasdai ibn Shaprut. Some state that Samuel ben Hofni was the last Sura Gaon, although in his commentaries Judah al-Madari...
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Chinese politician and poet Salim ibn Mustafad, Mirdasid rebel leader Samuel ben Hofni, Jewish rabbi and writer Norwich, John (1991). Byzantium: the Apogee...
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bar Rab Chanan, who assumed office in 609. The last gaon of Sura was Samuel ben Hofni, who died in 1034; the last gaon of Pumbedita was Hezekiah Gaon, who...
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using two full strings that Schachter follows based on the opinion of Samuel ben Hofni. Besides the ritual uses of tekhelet, the colour blue plays various...
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by Rabbi Menahem Azariah da Fano and a second from the 10th century Samuel ben Hofni which was recently published from his Judeo-Arabic writings after having...
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[in Hebrew] (2019). "The Bible as History: Sa'adia Gaon, Yefet ben 'Eli, Samuel ben Ḥofni, and Maimonides on the Genealogy of Esau and the Kingdom of Edom...
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authorship is confused with R. Hai Gaon. Sklare, David Eric (1996). Samuel Ben Ḥofni Gaon and His Cultural World. BRILL. p. 71. ISBN 9789004103023. Montefiore...
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Hophni and Phinehas (redirect from Hofni)
Hophni (Hebrew: חָפְנִי, Modern: Ḥofnī, Tiberian: Ḥop̄nī) and Phinehas or Phineas (Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, Modern: Pīnḥas, Tiberian: Pīnəḥās) were the two...
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appears in a colophon of a copy of a work of Samuel ben Hofni. Mann conjectures that the Gaon of Damascus Abraham ben Mazhir, who succeeded Masliah, was Masliah's...
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Chinese politician and poet Salim ibn Mustafad, Mirdasid rebel leader Samuel ben Hofni, Jewish rabbi and writer 1035 April 13 – Herbert I, French nobleman...
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many of whom were Karaites: Saadia Gaon Hai ben Sherira David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas Samuel ben Hofni Jewish Kalam was adopted by the Rabbanite academies...
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ben Moses, under the title Sefer ha-Mo'adim. They are divided into eight chapters, in which Joseph discusses the arguments used by Samuel ben Ḥofni against...
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(complete list) – Samuel ben Hofni, Gaon (c.998–c.1012) Dosa ben Saadia Gaon, Gaon (1012–1018) Israel ha-Kohen ben Samuel ben Hofni, Gaon (1018–1033)...
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Ghiyyat of Lucena; Rabbi Nissim, the author of Sefer ha-Mafteaḥ, Rabbi Samuel ben Ḥofni, Rabbi Hananel, and Rabbi Isaac Alfasi. A certain book entitled Kitāb...
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presented to the academy a book by Samuel ben Hofni, which she had inherited from her grandfather, the gaon Solomon ben Elijah. In 1112, the Mushtamil, the...
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Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) (redirect from Midrash Samuel)
than the 11th century (although later revised), since it is cited by Samuel ben Hofni, Nissim Gaon, and other early sources. A manuscript of this midrash...
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[in Hebrew] (2019). "The Bible as History: Sa'adia Gaon, Yefet ben 'Eli, Samuel ben Ḥofni, and Maimonides on the Genealogy of Esau and the Kingdom of Edom...
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American Academy for Jewish Research (1954) 'The Biblical Commentary of Samuel ben Hofni Gaon' (Mosad HaRav Kook 1978) Terminologie der Jüdischen Schriftauslegung...
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to al-Andalus. Gaonim who embraced Bahshamiyya Mu'tazila included Samuel ben Hofni Gaon who was familiar with the works of Ibn Khallâd and Abû 'Abd Allâh...
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(928–942) Joseph ben Jacob, Gaon (930) Zemah Tzedek ben Paltoi ben Isaac, Gaon (c.990–c.998) Samuel ben Hofni, Gaon (c.998–c.1012) Aaron ben Meïr, Nasi (early...
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