Semah ben Josiah

Semah ben Josiah (Hebrew: צמח בן יאשיהו) was the great-grandson of Anan ben David, a Nasi, and the head of the Palestinian yeshiva in the 9th century.[1]

Details

According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah (T.S. 312.82), Semah reigned as head of the Palestinian Yeshiva for 31 years and was a Rabbanite. His children lost the position to the rival Gaonic family.[1] Another Genizah fragment (T-S 12.128) lists Semah as both a Rosh Yeshiva and a Nasi.[2]

Semah was proceeded in the Gaonate by his brother Jehoshaphat.[1]

References
  1. Gil, Moshe (1992), A history of Palestine, 634-1099, translated by Broido, Ethel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 657-659 (section 852), ISBN 9780521599849
  2. Mann, Jacob (1972), Texts and Studies in Jewish History and Literature: Ḳaraitica., United States: Ktav Publishing House, p. 131, ISBN 9780870680854
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