From Nasi to Gaon: Leadership in Byzantine Eretz Yisrael

🕍 We continue in our Geonim series with a closer look at the leadership situation in the Land of Israel, which had its own geonim, as well as celebrated paytanim (liturgical poets).

You’re reading Stories from Jewish History, a weekly newsletter exploring Jewish thinkers, events, and artifacts, from the famous to the obscure. Last week, I introduced the Geonic period, exploring the major sources of the period, the problematics of determining historical facts for the earlier “dark” period for which we have few contemporary sources i…