Aaron ben Elijah

Aaron ben Elijah
Bornc. 1328
Nicomedia
(now İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)
Died1369 [1]
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Known forKaraite theology

Aaron ben Elijah (Hebrew: אהרון בן אליהו האחרון‎ 1328/1329 – 1369)[1] is often considered to be the most prominent Karaite Jewish theologian.[nb 1] He is referred to as "the Younger" to distinguish him from Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople. Even though Aaron lived for much of his life in Constantinople, it was the centre of Karaism and he is sometimes distinguished from another theologian known as Aaron ben Elijah of Constantinople by the title "of Nicomedia" another place he lived.

  1. ^ a b Kohler 1901, p. 9
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