Anan Ben David
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| Gender | Male |
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| Children | Saul ben Anan |
| Great grandchild | Boaz ben Jehoshaphat |
| Grandchildren | Jehoshaphat ben Josiah |
| Died | 795 AD |
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| ID | 3630282 |
Anan Ben David Life story
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, did not believe the Rabbinic Jewish oral law to be authoritative.