Boaz ben Jehoshaphat
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Boaz ben Jehoshaphat was the son of Jehoshaphat ben Saul
and the great-grandson of Anan ben David
. He lived in Iraq
during the mid ninth century. As the direct lineal heir of Anan, Boaz was nasi
and resh galuta of the Karaite Jews
. He was the father of David ben Boaz
.
Jehoshaphat ben Saul
Jehoshaphat ben Saul was the son of Saul ben Anan and the grandson of Anan ben David. He lived in Iraq during the early ninth century. Jehoshaphat was nasi and resh galuta of the nascent Karaite movement of Judaism. He was the father of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat....
and the great-grandson of Anan ben David
Anan ben David
Anan Ben David is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism. His followers were called Ananites and, like modern Karaites, do not believe the Rabbinic Jewish oral law to be divinely inspired...
. He lived in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
during the mid ninth century. As the direct lineal heir of Anan, Boaz was nasi
Nasi
Nāśī’ is a Hebrew title meaning prince in Biblical Hebrew, Prince in Mishnaic Hebrew, or president in Modern Hebrew.-Genesis and Ancient Israel:...
and resh galuta of the Karaite Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
. He was the father of David ben Boaz
David ben Boaz
David ben Boaz was a Karaite Jewish scholar who flourished in the tenth century CE...
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