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his point.
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was threatened in Egypt and he
had to escape to Palestine, and
later to flee from there to Baby-
lonia.
His flight from Egypt was
the controversy with th
raites who claimed t
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at
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the Five Books of
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issued under the title "The
Scholar Fighter." Its author is
Libby M. Klaperman.
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Saadia was involved justifies the
title. Saadia is introduced to the
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