Talk:Nissim ben Jacob

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Rav Nissim ha-Gaon, not ha-Rishon

While I know that there is no time limit in Wikipedia, I am removing the following statement which has had a {{Fact}} tag for over three years:

Some consider Nissim and Chananel to constitute the first generation of Rishonim.

Rav Nissim is commonly referred to as "Rav Nissim ha-Gaon," not Rav Nissim ha-Rishon, and is thus clearly identified with the earlier Gaonic period rather than the later period of the Rishonim. This is even more obviously so in that his most famous pupil, Rav Isaac Alfasi - the "Rif," is sometimes himself referred to as a Gaon; attributing the teacher to the later period while identifying the student as "the last of the..." earlier period is nonsensical. Comments? You know where my talk page lives! --Eliyahu S ^Talk 22:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]