Of old the Targum, or Aramaic version, had been read in public worship together with the original Hebrew.

Now, however, the Arabic began to replace the Targum.

Saadiah's version well deserved its honor.
Saadiah brought a hornet's nest about his head by his renewed attacks on Karaism, contained in his commentary to Genesis.

But the call to Sura turned Saadiah's thoughts in another direction.

He found the famous college in decay.