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Leiden: Brill, 2013. First edition. Octavo. x, 246pp. Index and 17 page bibliography. Text in English. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. 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. (Publisher) Contents: Two paths to knowledge -- The understanding of reality in the KAI and in the…
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- Title Saadya Gaon: The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist
- Author Hegedus
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2013
- ISBN 9789004256439 / 9004256431
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- Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Medieval, Saadia ben Joseph
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013018344
- Dewey Decimal Code 181.06
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