Jehoshaphat ben Saul (
Hebrew
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: יהושפט בן שאול) was the son of
Saul ben Anan Saul ben Anan (Hebrew: שאול בן ענן) was a Karaite Jewish leader of the eighth century CE. He was the son and successor of Anan ben David. He is styled by the later Karaites ''nasi'' (prince) and '' Rosh ha-golah'' (exilarch). Saul's activ ...
and the grandson of
Anan ben David
Anan Ben David (c. 715 - c. 795) ( he, ענן בן דוד) is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism. His followers were called Ananites and, like modern Karaites, did not believe the Rabbinic Jewish oral law ...
. He lived in
Iraq
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during the early ninth century. Jehoshaphat was ''
nasi
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'' and
resh galuta
The exilarch was the leader of the Jewish community in Persian Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the era of the Parthians, Sasanians and Abbasid Caliphate up until the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258, with intermittent gaps due to ongoing ...
of the nascent
Karaite movement of
Judaism
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. He was the father of
Boaz ben Jehoshaphat
Boaz ben Jehoshaphat (Hebrew: בעז בן יהושפט) was the son of Jehoshaphat ben Saul and the great-grandson of Anan ben David. He lived in Iraq during the mid ninth century. As the direct lineal heir of Anan, Boaz was '' nasi'' and resh galu ...
.
Karaite rabbis
Karaite exilarchs
9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
9th-century rabbis
Jewish royalty
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