The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2729 page)
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Yehuda
(common Jewish name derived from the son of the Jewish patriarch, Jacob):
(common Jewish name derived from the son of the Jewish patriarch, Jacob):
Yehudai ben Na
man
or Yehudai Gaon
manor Yehudai Gaon
(8th cent.). Head of the Jewish
academy
of
Sura
. He was the first
gaon
to write a book, the
Halakhot Pesukot
, and the first to compile
responsa
. He rested his decisions entirely on the Babylonian
Talmud
, and through his influence the Babylonian rather than the Palestinian Talmud became the basis of halakhic decisions.
academy
of
Sura
. He was the first
gaon
to write a book, the
Halakhot Pesukot
, and the first to compile
responsa
. He rested his decisions entirely on the Babylonian
Talmud
, and through his influence the Babylonian rather than the Palestinian Talmud became the basis of halakhic decisions.
Yelammedenu
(Aram., ‘let him pronounce’). The opening word of each sermon in the 4th-cent.
Tan
uma
. It thus has become an alternative title for
Tan
uma
.
Tan
uma. It thus has become an alternative title for
Tan
uma.
Yellamm
(Ellamman, E
amm
, Y
l
, and many further forms)
.
(Ellamman, Eamm, Yl, and many further forms).
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