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Anan ben David

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Anan ben David (änän`), fl. 8th cent., Babylonian Jewish theologian, founder of the Ananites from whom the Karaites Karaites or Caraites (both: kâr`əīts), Jewish schismatic sect, reputedly founded (8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information.  claim spiritual descent. He is said to have been a descendant of Bostanai ben Chaninai Bostanai ben Chaninai (bôs`tänī bĕn khänēnī`), c.618–670, first Jewish exilarch (i.e.
..... Click the link for more information. . Anan rejected the Talmudic tradition and in its place sought a return to Scripture as the sole source for God's Law. It is evident from those writings attributed to him that he made use of rabbinic methods of scriptural interpretation in the formulation of legal decisions to meet the needs of his age. These decisions often represent a quite ascetic attitude.

Bibliography

See L. Nemoy, Karaite Anthology (1952).



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