ISBN:
9789004256446
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
Year of publication:
2013
Series Statement:
Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hegedus, Gyongyi (Ginger) Saadya Gaon : The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist
Keywords:
Saʻadia ben Joseph
;
Jewish philosophy
;
Philosophy, Medieval
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Introduction /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter One Two Paths to Knowledge /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Two The Understanding of Reality in the KAI and in the TSY /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Three Rational Theology: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th century: the Muġnī /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Four Gnosticism: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th Century: The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Conclusion /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Bibliography /Gyongyi Hegedus -- Index /Gyongyi Hegedus.
Abstract:
In Saadya Gaon: The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist Gyongyi Hegedus offers a new perspective on the thought of the most significant medieval Jewish thinker of the pre-Maimonidean era, Saadya Gaon. Saadya’s important philosophical works belong to two distinct traditions: his main work is written in the style of rationalist theology (kalam), but he is also responsible for composing a commentary in a neo-Pythagorean tone. In addition to contextualizing the two traditions and analyzing their Islamic parallels, the book makes the argument that Saadya consciously constructed a two-layered model of thought and harmonized two styles: one based on sensation and logic, the other on a specific prophetic insight
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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The Finitude of the Speculation in Saadya's KAI
DOI:
10.1163/9789004256446
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