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R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon

Name	R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon ר' שמואל בן חפני גאון (הכהן), רשבח"ג
Dates	9??-1013
Location	Baghdad
Works	Commentary and translation on Torah, Halakhic works
Exegetical Characteristics	Rationalist
Influenced by	R. Saadia
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Background

Life

• Name – R. Samuel b. Ḥofni Gaon
  • Hebrew name – ר' שמואל בן חפני גאון (הכהן), רשבח"ג
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• Dates – 9??-1013
• Location – Pumbedita
• Education – Unknown
• Occupation – Av Beit Din and Gaon of Sura Yeshivah
• Family – R' Hofni had one son and two daughters (one daughter was wife of Hai Gaon and the other the mother of Abu Sa’ad)
• Teachers – Unknown
• Contemporaries – Sherira ben Hananiah
• Students – Unknown
• Time period – Gaonic period
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• World outlook – Mutazili

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Torah Commentary

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• Peshat and derash – 

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Sources

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Impact

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