Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (Gaʾon)

Gender

Male

Dates

Active dates: 1062–1083 CE

Social role

Jewish communal official

Description / Bio

Gaʾon of the Palestinian Yeshiva from 1062 to 1083.

Select bibliography

Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, 1980), vol. 2 (The Ketubba Texts).

How to cite this record:: Alan Elbaum, "Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (Gaʾon)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/eliyyahu-b-shelomo-ha-kohen-gaon/, accessed May 29, 2025.
Link to this person:: https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/eliyyahu-b-shelomo-ha-kohen-gaon/