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Samuel ha-Nasi

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Exilarch in Bagdad, probably between 773 and 816. Until recently his existence was known only from a difficult passage in a manuscript, part of which is printed in the "Maẓref la-Ḥokmah." This states that the pious had taken the basis of the liturgy from AARON BEN SAMUEL HA-NASI, who had left Babylon. Another manuscript (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, No. 174), dating from the fourteenth century, states that the Moses who wrote the liturgical work "Emet Nore'oteka" was a pupil of Aaron ben Samuel ha-Nasi of Babylon. The importance of Aaron in the Chronicle of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, and his residence in Italy, prove the existence of Samuel ha-Nasi.

Bibliography:
  • Grätz, Gesch. 5:387,388, note 12;
  • Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Chronicle, in Neubauer, M. J. C. 2:111-132;
  • Letter of Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, c. 1:41.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Samuel ha-Nasi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/samuel-ha-nasi.html. 1901.
 
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