Sherira ben Hanina
Sherira bar Ḥanina Gaon | |
|---|---|
שרירא בר חנינא | |
| Title | Gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Sherira bar Hanina c. 906 CE |
| Died | c. 1006 CE |
| Children | Hai Gaon |
| Parent | Hananiah ben Yehudai |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek |
| Successor | Hai ben Sherira |
| Position | Gaon |
| Yeshiva | Pumbedita Academy |
| Began | 968 CE |
| Ended | 998 CE |
| Main work | Iggeret of Rabbi Sherira Gaon |
Sherira bar Hanina (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שרירא בר חנינא), more commonly known as Sherira Gaon (שרירא גאון; c. 906 – c. 1006), was the gaon of the Pumbedita Academy in Lower Mesopotamia. He was one of the most prominent geonim of the period. His son Hai succeeded him as gaon. He wrote the Iggeret of Rabbi Sherira Gaon, a comprehensive history of the composition of the Talmud.