legends islamic scholarship stories went become representative islamic mystical ideas piety sufism hai gaon pumbedita academy begins new phase jewish scholarship investigation ''hakirah'' hai gaon augments talmudic scholarship non jewish studies hai gaon savant exact knowledge theological movements time much moses ibn ezra called mutakallim hai competent argue followers qadariyyah mutazilites sometimes adopting polemic methods correspondence talmudic academies kairouan cordoba lucena hai gaon
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