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Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic
academy at Sura and one of the pre-eminent Jewish thinkers of the
medieval period, attempted to create a complete statement of Jewish
religious philosophy in which all strands of philosophical thought
were to be knit into a unified system. In 'The Book of Doctrines
and Beliefs', Saadya sought to rescue believers from 'a sea of
doubt and the waters of confusion' into which they had been cast by
Christianity, Islam, and other faiths. By employing philosophical
-- or kalamic -- argumentation to examine and defend traditional
Jewish beliefs, Saadya hoped to turn blind faith into conviction
based on rational understanding. First published in 1946, and
reprinted here without alteration, Alexander Altmann's judicious
abridgement of his own translation has remained the standard
edition of this influential work. A new Introduction by Daniel
Frank sets Saadya's work in its broader historical, cultural, and
philosophical contexts.
Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic
academy at Sura and one of the pre-eminent Jewish thinkers of the
medieval period, attempted to create a complete statement of Jewish
religious philosophy in which all strands of philosophical thought
were to be knit into a unified system. In 'The Book of Doctrines
and Beliefs', Saadya sought to rescue believers from 'a sea of
doubt and the waters of confusion' into which they had been cast by
Christianity, Islam, and other faiths. By employing philosophical
-- or kalamic -- argumentation to examine and defend traditional
Jewish beliefs, Saadya hoped to turn blind faith into conviction
based on rational understanding. First published in 1946, and
reprinted here without alteration, Alexander Altmann's judicious
abridgement of his own translation has remained the standard
edition of this influential work. A new Introduction by Daniel
Frank sets Saadya's work in its broader historical, cultural, and
philosophical contexts.
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