Emunot ve-Deot — The Book of Beliefs and Opinions
אמונות ודעות
Author: Saadia Gaon (Rabbi Sa'adia ben Yosef, 882–942)
Date: 933
Preservation: Fragments de la Genizah du Caire (original judéo-arabe), manuscrits hébraïques médiévaux
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Emunot ve-Deot, written in Judeo-Arabic in 933, is the first systematic work of Jewish philosophy. Saadia Gaon demonstrates the compatibility of reason and revelation across ten treatises, inaugurating the medieval Jewish philosophical tradition that would culminate with Maimonides.
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Emunot ve-Deot, written in Judeo-Arabic in 933, is the first systematic work of Jewish philosophy. Saadia Gaon demonstrates the compatibility of reason and revelation across ten treatises, inaugurating the medieval Jewish philosophical tradition that would culminate with Maimonides.