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Judaism: Torah, Talmud and Tradition

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions

by Saadia Gaon · Samuel Rosenblatt (trans.)

The first systematic work of medieval Jewish philosophy, written in Judeo-Arabic by the head of the Sura academy. Saadia argues for creation, the unity and justice of God and the harmony of reason and revelation. Rosenblatt's English translation appeared in 1948.

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