A book of adventure, history and suspense as Mrs. Klaperman carries us back into the exciting age of a thousand years ago. Saadia is a link with the heroes of the Talmud and the Jews of our day.

Saadia ben Joseph was one of the spiritual geniuses of Jewish history and a towering figure of the tenth century. He was forced to leave his beloved wife and son in order ot follow a trail stretching across ancient Egypt through Palestine and Babylonia. At the end of this road lay the Gaonite, the leadership of the Jews.

With his trusted man servent Mustafa,  and his faithful companion Rabbi Abraham, Saadid beats off an Arab ambush, solves the myster of a plague that threatenes to destroy a Syrian city, and pits his courage against power-hungry David ben Zakkai, Prince of the Exile.

During this time, too, he becomes the architect of Jewish unity. A profound scholar whose mind encompassed all of Jewish learning, Saadia composed the first Hebrew dictionary, the first major work on Jewish philosphy, and carried on an encyclopedic correspondence on Jewish law and faith wiht scholars all over the world. His magnetic, indomitable personality, his boundless devotion to his people, his warm and loving character, his bold heroism and personal bravery, his love for the Torah and the traditions of Israel, all join in the person of Saadia to make him the outstanding Jewish figure of his day.

From the dust jacket