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InThe 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. Author: Saadya Gaon.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-100872206394

ISBN-139780872206397

eBay Product ID (ePID)2332621

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

Publication NameBook of Doctrines and Beliefs

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectHistory & Surveys / Medieval, Judaism / General, Religious

TypeTextbook

AuthorSaadya Gaon

Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy

SeriesHackett Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5.5 in

Item Weight8.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width0.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-068559

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsDaniel Frank's Introduction is excellent, not just for the undergraduate reader, but, indeed, for any reader, specialist or layperson. It manages to find just the right combination of philosophy and history; it sends the reader to the right places for further reading; its judgments are quite sound. And the reissue of the Altmann translation is a wonderful idea. --Charles Manekin, University of Maryland

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal296.3

Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition

SynopsisSaadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic academy at Sura and one of the preeminent 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 abridgment 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.

LC Classification NumberBM550.S26213 2002