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Josiah ben Saul

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Josiah ben Saul (Hebrew: יאשיהו בן שאול) was the grandson of Anan ben David and a Karaite Nasi. Some of his halakhic opinions are quoted by later Karaite scholars.[1][unreliable source?] He was the father of Jehoshaphat and Semah, who both functioned as leaders of the Palestinian Gaonate.[2]


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  1. ^ "Josiah ben Saul ben Anan", Jewish Virtual Library
  2. ^ Gil, Moshe (1992), A history of Palestine, 634-1099, translated by Broido, Ethel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 658 (section 852), ISBN 9780521599849