Title The geonim of Babylonia and the shaping of medieval Jewish culture / Robert Brody

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998] ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 382 pages) : map Contents 1. Defining the Geonic Period -- 2. The Primary Sources -- 3. The Geonic Academies: Continuity and Change -- 4. The Multifaceted Role of the Gaon -- 5. The Exilarchate -- 6. The Struggle against Heresy -- 7. Competition with the Palestinian Center -- 8. Ties with the Diaspora -- 9. The Intellectual World of the Geonim -- 10. The Talmudic Sources -- 11. Extra-Talmudic Oral Traditions -- 12. The Responsa Literature -- 13. The She'iltot -- 14. The Earliest Legal Codes -- 15. Se'adyah Gaon, Revolutionary Champion of Tradition -- 16. The Halakhic Monographs -- 17. Talmudic Exegesis and Methodology -- 18. Theology -- 19. Biblical Exegesis -- 20. Linguistics and Poetry -- App. A. Did the Geonim Enjoy Governmental Recognition? Summary The Geonic period from about the late sixth to mid-eleventh centuries is of crucial importance in the history of Judaism. The Geonim, for whom this era is named, were the heads of the ancient talmudic academies of Babylonia. They gained ascendancy over the older Palestinian center of Judaism and were recognized as the leading religious and spiritual authorities by most of the world's Jewish population. The Geonim and their circles enshrined the Babylonian Talmud as the central canonical work of rabbinic literature and the leading guide to religious practice, and it was a predominantly Babylonian version of Judaism that was transplanted to newer centers of Judaism in North Africa and Europe Robert Brody's book - the first survey in English of the Geonic period in almost a century - focuses on the cultural milieu of the Geonim and on their intellectual and literary creativity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-375) and index Notes Print version record Subject Geonim. Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789. Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History HISTORY / Jewish. Geonim Jews Judaism -- Medieval and early modern period Jodendom. Middle East -- Babylonia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300146592 0300146590

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