Saadia Ibn Danan

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Rabbi Saadiah ben Maimon ben Moshe ibn Danan (Hebrew: סעדיה אבן דנאן) (born 2nd half of 15th century in Granada, Spain – died 1493(?) in Oran, Algeria) was a Hebrew grammarian, poet and a halachic authority. He served as a dayan in Granada, and after the expulsion of Jews from Spain settled in Oran. Among his works are rabbinic Responsa, a Talmudic dictionary called Sepher Arukh, works on Hebrew grammar and Hebrew verse, as well as a Hebrew dictionary written in Arabic. He was the first writer to compare Hebrew metre with its Arabic counterpart.

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  • Ibn Danan, Saadia. "Ad-Daruri fi-l-Lughah-al-'Ibraniyyah" / "Sepher ha-Shorashim" (Granada: Universidad de Granada, 1996).
  • Ibn Danan, Saadia. "Seder ha-dorot" (Madrid: Aben Ezra Ediciones, 1997).
  • "Even Danan, Sa'adyah ben Maimon", Article in Encyclopaedia Hebraica
  • "Ibn Dannan, Saadiah ben Maimun", Article in Encyclopaedia Judaica
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