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David ben Boaz (Hebrew: דוד בן בעז, Arabic: Abu Sa'id Dawud ibn Bu'az) was a Karaite Jewish scholar who flourished in the tenth century CE. He is reported to have been the fifth in the line of descent from Anan ben David, the founder of Karaism (he was the son of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat, the son of Jehoshaphat ben Saul, the son of Saul ben Anan, the son of Anan ben David.) He was thus considered resh galuta or exilarch of the Karaite community within the Abbasid Caliphate, in opposition to the rabbinical claimant

The Karaite chronicler al-Hiti mentions David under the year 383 of the Hijrah (993 CE.), and gives the titles of the following three works written by him: a commentary on Ecclesiastes; a commentary on the Pentateuch; a treatise on the fundamental principles of the Pentateuch. Of these three only a fragment of the second, comprising Leviticus and the latter half of Deuteronomy, is still extant in manuscript in the St. Petersburg Library. In this commentary, says Harkavy, David frequently attacks Saadia Gaon, whom he never calls by name, but by the appellation "hadha al-rajul" (this man).

David was succeeded as resh galuta of the Karaites by his son Solomon ben David.

References

Wechsler, Michael G. (2010-10-01), "David ben Boaz", Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, Brill, retrieved 2023-05-01

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
- Pinsker, Liḳḳuṭe Kadmoniyyot, p. 53;
- Harkavy, in Stade's Zeitschrift, i. 157;
- Al-Hiti, published by Margoliouth in Jew. Quart. Rev. ix. 432.

v t e Exilarchs
Biblical exilarchs	Jeconiah Shealtiel Pedaiah Zerubbabel Meshullam Hananiah Berechiah Hasadiah Jesaiah Obadiah Shemaiah Shecaniah Hezekiah Akkub
Exilarchs in the Sasanian Empire	Ahijah Nahum Johanan Shaphat Huna I Kamma Nathan Ukban I Huna II Nathan Ukban II Nehemiah Mar 'Ukban III Huna III Abba Nathan Mar Kahana I Huna IV Pahda Mar Zutra I Merimar Kahana II Huna V Mar-Zutra II Huna VI Mar Ahunai Kafnai Haninai I Mar Zutra III
Exilarchs under Arab rule	Bostanai Hasdai I Baradoi Haninai II Hasdai II Solomon I Isaac Iskawi I Judah Zakkai I Natronai I Moses Isaac Iskawi II David I Natronai II Judah II Hasdai III Zakkai I Mar Ukban IV David II Josiah Judah III Solomon II Hezekiah I Azariah David III Hezekiah II David IV Hezekiah III David V Hasdai IV Daniel I Zakkai II, Samuel I of Mosul, David VI Daniel II Samuel II Jesse Sar Shalom
Karaite exilarchs	Anan ben David Saul ben Anan Josiah ben Saul Jehoshaphat ben Josiah Boaz ben Jehoshaphat David ben Boaz Solomon ben David Hezekiah ben Solomon Hasdai ben Hezekiah Solomon ben Hasdai

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