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rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak

Also known as: al-Fayyumi, Saadya ibn Yusuf, Fayyumi, Saadya ibn Yusuf, Sa'adia ben Joseph, Sa'adja Ga'on, Sa'adya ben Josef, Saadia

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