person · P0375 · geonim
Rav Menachem bar Yosef מר רב מנחם גאון בריה דמר רב יוסף גאון
Gaon of Pumbedita in a year and a half of schism — the elite of the scholars with him, the rest with Matityahu — resolved only by his death in 860.
Who
- Hebrew
- מר רב מנחם גאון בריה דמר רב יוסף גאון
- Era
- geonim
- Parents
- Rav Yosef bar Chiya
When
- Traditional
- gaon of Pumbedita 4619–4620 AM (in schism)
- Civil (computed)
- 4569–4620 AM · 809–860 CE
- Academic
- gaon 859–860 CE (in schism)
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈51 years
- Precision
- approximate
Where
- Places
- Pumbedita
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "And after him there was a dispute between Mar Rav Menachem the gaon, son of Mar Rav Yosef the gaon bar Rav Chiya, with the choicest of the scholars beside him, a year and a half, and Mar Rav Matityahu... and Mar Rav Menachem died in the year [1]171" (860 CE).
Tenure spans the schism, closed by his death.
|
tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher; his father Rav Yosef bar Chiya — himself a head of the academy per the Iggeret — stood at the head of his formation, and Rav Yitzchak bar Chananya held the chair through his formative window (c. 4584–4604 AM). Kinship the Iggeret states; reception it does not — recorded as inference one remove from attestation.
Derived by era-and-institution (and household) inference, not attested.
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reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |