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Also Known As	Karaitism • Qaraism

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Karaite Ananite Judaism Zionism Reform Judaism Bene Israel Orthodox Judaism Reconstructionism Beta Israel Conservative Judaism Mizrahi Jew Sephardi Shabbetaianism

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Judaism: The Karaites

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Aaron ben Elijah

Jewish theologian

Saʿadia ben Joseph

Jewish exegete and philosopher

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