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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779712503321

Autore

Hegedus Gyongyi

Titolo

Saadya Gaon [[electronic resource] ] : the double path of the mystic and the rationalist / / by Gyongyi Hegedus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-25644-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, , 0169-815X ; ; t. 58

Disciplina

181/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Philosophy, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

The Finitude of the Speculation in Saadya's KAI.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Introduction / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter One Two Paths to Knowledge / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Two The Understanding of Reality in the KAI and in the TSY / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Three Rational Theology: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th century: the Muġnī / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Chapter Four Gnosticism: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th Century: The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Conclusion / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Bibliography / Gyongyi Hegedus -- Index / Gyongyi Hegedus.

Sommario/riassunto

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.