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| | |  Geonim - The title Geon: Encyclopedia II - Geonim - ResponsaEarly in the Geonic era, the majority of the questions asked them were sent from Babylonia and the neighboring lands. Jewish communities in these regions had religious leaders who were somewhat acquainted with the Talmud, and who could on occasion visit the Jewish academies in Babylon. A literature of questions and answers developed, known as the responsa literature.
The questions were usually limited to one or more specific cases, while the responsum to such a query gave a ruling, a concise reason for it, together with supporting citations from the Talmud, and often a re ...
See also:Geonim, Geonim - Role in Jewish life, Geonim - The title Geon, Geonim - Responsa, Geonim - Works of the Geonim, Geonim - The Kallah, Geonim - Individual geonim Read more here: » Geonim: Encyclopedia II - Geonim - Responsa |
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| | | | Geonim - The title Geon: Encyclopedia II - Geonim - Role in Jewish life The Geonim officiated, in the first place, as directors of the academies, continuing as such the educational activity of the Amoraim and Saboraim. For while the Amoraim, through their interpretation of the Mishnah, gave rise to the Talmud, and while the Saboraim definitively edited it, the Geonim's task was to interpret it; for them it became the subject of study and instruction, and they gave religio-le ...
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