Yehudai ben Nahman
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Yehudai ben Nahman (or Yehudai Gaon;
He waged a strong campaign, continued by his disciple
Works
He was author of the book Halachot Pesukot, which discusses those
Halakhot Ketzuvot is attributed to him. A critical edition of this work was published by Mordecai Margalioth in 1942.
Halachoth Gedoloth controversy
One rabbinic school of thought credits him with authorship of the Halachot Gedolot, or of the core of it, though it is generally agreed that the final form of that work is to be attributed to Simeon Kayyara. Based on anachronistic discrepancies, the Semag's opinion that it was Rav Yehudai Gaon who composed the work Halachoth Gedoloth was thought to be an error. Rabbi David Gans may have been the first to suggest that the Semag, in referring to "Rav Yehudai" as the author, was actually alluding to Rav Yehudai Hakohen ben Ahunai, Gaon of the Sura Academy (served 4519 - 4524 of the Hebrew calendar[3])[4]
At all events the Halachot Pesukot was an important source for the larger work.
References
- Sherira Gaon.
- ^ See Iggeret Pirkoi ben Bavoi, Ginzberg, Geonica pp. 48-53; idem, Ginze Schechter, pp. 544-573; Lewin, Tarbiz vol. 2 pp. 383-405; Mann, R.E.J. vol. 20 pp. 113-148. It is reprinted in Toratan shel Geonim.
- Sherira Gaon
- ^ Tzemach David to year 5000, vol. 1, p. 46 (Warsaw 5638 Hebrew Calendar)
- Robert Brody, The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture, Yale 1998