Mar Sutra II (Sa'adya) ben Mar Tsutra I, 2nd Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

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Mar Sutra II (Sa'adya) ben Mar Tsutra I, 2nd Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Spanish: Ben Yosef, 2nd Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias
Also Known As: "2nd Exhilarch & Gaon of Tiberias"
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Birthplace: Ramla, Israel
Death: circa 615 (48-66)
Ramla, Israel
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Son of Mar Zutra III a/k/a Mar Sutra I ben Mar Zutra II, 1st Exilarch of Tiberias and Habiba wife of Mar Sutra
Husband of unknown bint al-Rabi' al-Huqayq al-Nadir
Father of Mar Sutra I "Guriya" ben Mar Zutra III, 3rd Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Occupation: Exilarch (Rosh Golah of Judah)
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About Mar Sutra II (Sa'adya) ben Mar Tsutra I, 2nd Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Mar Zutra II (a/k/a "Sa'adya ben Mar Zutra III") was Rosh Pereq of the Yeshivat Ge’on Yaʿaqob (Academy of the Pride of Jacob), and it functioned throughout the early Muslim period in Palestine, from the Muslim conquest in 634 to the Crusader conquest in 1099.

Sa'adya ben Mar Zutra III was also a descendant of the Exilarch of Babylon (Mar Zutra II) who went to become head of the Sanhedrin in Palestine

"A History of Palestine, 634-1099" (Paperback) by Moshe Gil, Ethel Broido, Pages 495, 496.

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