Benjamin Nahawandi

Benjamin Nahawandi or Benjamin ben Moses Nahawendi (Persian: بنیامین نهاوندی Nahāwandī; Hebrew: בנימין אלנהאונדי) was a prominent Persian Jewish scholar of Karaite Judaism. He was claimed to be one of the greatest of the Karaite scholars of the early Middle Ages. The Karaite historian Solomon ben Jeroham regarded him as greater even than Anan ben David. His name indicates that he is originally from Nahawand, a town in Iran (Persia).

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