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Natan b. Avraham (Gaʾon)

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
مايو 1041–1043 CE
Social role
Jewish communal official
Other name
Abū Sahl Nātān b. Ibrāhīm

Description / Bio

Rival to Shelomo b. Yehuda for the gaʾonate 1038–42.

Select bibliography

  1. Marina Rustow, Heresy and the Politics of Community: the Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008).
Alan Elbaum, "Natan b. Avraham (Gaʾon)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/natan-b-avraham-gaon/, accessed May 9, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/natan-b-avraham-gaon/