The Geonim

The Late Geonic Period: Four Major Figures

🕍 The end of the Geonic period, about which we have the most information, includes four extraordinary figures who profoundly shaped the worlds of the…

Aug 29, 2023 •

Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin

New Genres of Geonic Creativity

🕍 The Geonim of Babylonia created important new genres of writing which profoundly influenced, the Rishonim, including the Sheiltot, the early halachic…

Aug 22, 2023 •

Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin

The Geonic Yeshivot and the Exilarchate

🕍 Today we explore the functioning of the great academies of Bavel and of the office of the Reish Galuta (Exilarch), principally based on the account…

Aug 15, 2023 •

Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin

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…

Jul 25, 2023 •

Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin

The Geonim: Series Introduction

🕍 Today we kick off a five-part series on the Geonim, exploring these crucial, yet yet at times obscure, years from c. 500-c. 1000, an era that laid…

Jul 18, 2023 •

Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin

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