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Saʻadiah ben Yosef Gaon (Arabic: سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي‎ / סעיד בן יוסף אלפיומי Hebrew: רבי סעדיה בן יוסף אלפיומי גאון'‎ or in short: סעדיה גאון), also called Saadia b. Joseph, Saadia ben Joseph or Saadia ben Joseph of Faym or Saadia ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi was a prominent rabbi and Jewish philosopher of the Geonic period. He was born in Egypt in 882/892 and died in Baghdad in 942.

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