Epistle of Sherira Gaon

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
responsum
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Iggeret_Rav_Sherira_Gaon
gptkbp:author gptkb:Sherira_Gaon
gptkbp:citation Jewish historical studies
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Jacob_ben_Nissim
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Babylonia
gptkbp:dateWritten 987 CE
gptkbp:describes development of the Talmud
development of the Mishnah
chain of rabbinic tradition
gptkbp:explains redaction of the Talmud
transmission of oral law
gptkbp:genre correspondence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epistle of Sherira Gaon
gptkbp:influenced later Jewish historiography
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:mentions gptkb:Amoraic_period
gptkb:Geonic_period
Tannaitic period
gptkbp:preservedIn various manuscripts
gptkbp:significance major source for history of rabbinic literature
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Judaism
history of the Talmud
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iggeret_Rav_Sherira_Gaon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7