RoleAuthor
Place of birthDilāṣ
Date of birth882
Place of deathSura
Date of death942
Attested Names
Hebrew
סעדיה בן יוסף גאון
Arabic
سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي
Biography
Date of birth
882
Place of birth
Dilāṣ
Date of death
942
Place of death
Sura
Sex
Male
Faith
Rabbanite
Credits
Project:
MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in Arabic in the Islamicate World
Principal Investigator(s):
Associate Researcher(s):
Jonathan Beise, Jasper Bernhofer, Maurizio Boehm, Lukas Froschmeier, Annabelle Fuchs, Nathan P. Gibson, Lea Gzella, Polina Lakteikina, Sara Mattutat, Maximilian de Molière, Lea Poralla, Maxim Roozen, Gregor Schwarb, Masoumeh Seydi, Jakob Shub-Oseledchik, Ezra Stadler, Peter Tarras, Nadine Urbiczek
Funded through:
General Editor(s):
Project:
File Reused in the Project: "MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in Arabic in the Islamicate World"
Principal Investigator(s):
Associate Researcher(s):
Gregor Schwarb 2021-present, Nathan P. Gibson 2021-present, Maximilian de Molière 2021-present
Funded through:
General Editor(s):
Suggested Citation
Saʿadya Gaʾon. In Digital Handbook of Jewish Authors Writing in Arabic, edited by Ronny Vollandt et. al. Accessed 15 September 2026, https://jalit.org/person/39
Change Log
Change log:
rboehm (29 March 2025): Created entry.
