| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:philosopher gptkb:rabbi
 gptkb:Exegete
 gptkb:Jewish_legal_scholar
 
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                                | gptkbp:appointedBy | 928 Head of the Sura Academy
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 882 
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                                | gptkbp:birthName | gptkb:Saadia_ben_Joseph 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Fayyum,_Egypt 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Baghdad 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Dossa_ben_Saadia 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 942 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Baghdad,_Abbasid_Caliphate 
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                                | gptkbp:era | gptkb:Geonic_period 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:theologian gptkb:Judaism
 gptkb:Linguistics
 gptkb:philosophy
 gptkb:Divine_Liturgy
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Maimonides gptkb:Abraham_ibn_Ezra
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Rabbinic_tradition Kalam
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Judaism gptkb:philosophy
 Opposition to Karaites
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Aramaic
 gptkb:Hebrew
 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | First to write a comprehensive Jewish philosophical work Defended Rabbinic Judaism
 Founder of Jewish rationalist philosophy
 Major figure in the fight against Karaism
 Pioneer of Hebrew linguistics
 Promoted use of Arabic among Jews
 Standardized Jewish prayer
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | Jewish 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Emunoth_ve-Deoth Commentary on the Torah
 Translation of the Bible into Arabic
 Siddur (Jewish prayer book)
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | Gaon of Sura 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Judaism 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Esther 
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                                | gptkbp:title | gptkb:town 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Babylonian_Jewry 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Rav Saadia Gaon 
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