Sefer HaIkkarim — The Book of Principles
ספר העיקרים
Author: Rabbi Joseph Albo (c. 1380–1444)
Date: 1425
Preservation: Nombreuses éditions imprimées depuis Soncino, 1485
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The Sefer HaIkkarim is the last great treatise of medieval Spanish Jewish philosophy. Joseph Albo reduces the foundations of Jewish faith to three principles — God's existence, divine revelation, and retribution — as opposed to Maimonides' thirteen articles of faith. Composed in the turbulent context of the Disputation of Tortosa (1413–1414).
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The Sefer HaIkkarim is the last great treatise of medieval Spanish Jewish philosophy. Joseph Albo reduces the foundations of Jewish faith to three principles — God's existence, divine revelation, and retribution — as opposed to Maimonides' thirteen articles of faith. Composed in the turbulent context of the Disputation of Tortosa (1413–1414).