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Saadya Gaon: The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist
by Hegedus, Gyongyi
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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 TSY -- Rational theology -- Gnosticism. (OCLC)
Volume 58 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." (EJM).
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 TSY -- Rational theology -- Gnosticism. (OCLC)
Volume 58 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." (EJM).
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- Title
- Saadya Gaon: The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist
- Author
- Hegedus, Gyongyi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9004256431
- ISBN 13
- 9789004256439
- Publisher
- Brill
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Medieval philosophy, mysticism, Jewish theology, Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942.
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