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R. Nissim Gaon
Name
R. Nissim Gaon
ר' ניסים בן יעקב, רבינו ניסים גאון
Dates990?-1062
LocationKairouan
WorksSefer Mafteach Manulei HaTalmud, Megillat Setarim, Talmud commentaries, Halakhic rulings, Chibbur MeHaYeshuah
Exegetical Characteristics
Influenced byR. Yaakov b. Nissim, R. Chushiel b. Elchanan, R. Hai Gaon, R. Chananel b. Chushiel
Impacted on

Background

Life

  • Name – 
    • Hebrew name – 
    • _ name – 
  • Dates – 
  • Location – 
  • Education – 
  • Occupation – 
  • Family – His father, R. Yaakov b. Nissim, was an important rabbinic figure in Kairouan; R. Yaakov was responsible for the strong connection between Kairouan and the Yeshiva of R. Hai Gaon in Baghdad.1 Accroding to R. Avraham ibn Daud, the daughter of R. Nissim was married to Yehosef, the son of R. Shemuel HaNagid.
  • Teachers – R. Hai Gaon, R. Chushiel b. Elchanan
  • Contemporaries –  R. Chananel b. Chushiel
  • Students – 
  • Time period – 
  • World outlook – 

Works

  • Biblical commentaries – 
  • Rabbinics – 
    • Talmudic novellae – 
    • Halakhic codes – 
    • Responses to the works of others – 
    • Responsa – 
  • Jewish thought – 
  • Misattributed works – 

Torah Commentary

Characteristics

  • Verse by verse / Topical – 
  • Genre – 
  • Structure – 
  • Language – 
  • Peshat and derash – 

Methods

  • – 

Themes

  • – 

Textual Issues

  • Manuscripts – 
  • Printings – 
  • Textual layers – 

Sources

Significant Influences

  • Earlier Sources – 
  • Teachers – 
  • Foils – 

Occasional Usage

Possible Relationship

Impact

Later exegetes

Supercommentaries