Jehoshaphat ben Saul

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.


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