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The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Note on Transliteration; Arabic and Hebrew Titles of Works Referred To in English; 1. The Geonic Period and the Background of Sa'adyah Gaon's Activities; The Geonic Academies: Continuity and Change; The Exilarchate; The Palestinian Centre and its Competition with Babylonia; The Sectarian Challenge; 2. Sa'adyah Gaon, Revolutionary Champion of Tradition; Sa'adyah's Life: A Brief Overview; Sa'adyah the Revolutionary; Daring in the Service of Tradition; General Characteristics of Sa'adyah's Writing; 3. Sa'adyah the Philosopher. |
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The Background to Sa'adyah Gaon's PhilosophySa'adyah and Kalam; Sa'adyah's Theological Writings; Sa'adyah's Philosophical Principles; 4. Sa'adyah the Biblical Commentator; The Scope of Sa'adyah's Exegetical Undertakings; Exegetical Principles; Theological and Polemical Dimensions; Attitude to Talmudic Literature; 5. Sa'adyah the Linguist; First Breakthrough: The Egron; Sa'adyah's Other Linguistic Works; General Conceptions; Grammatical Theories; 6. Sa'adyah the Poet; The Foundations of Hebrew Liturgical Poetry; The Evolution of Liturgical Poetry before Sa'adyah's Time. |
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The Place of Liturgical Poetry in Sa'adyah's WorldDistinctive Features of Sa'adyah's Poetry; Stretching the Bounds of Piyut and the Question of Sa'adyah's Influence; 7. Sa'adyah, the Man of Halakhah; The Variety of Literary Genres; Halakhic Monographs; Sa'adyah's Use of Halakhic Sources; 8. Sa'adyah, Polemicist and Publicist; Religious Debates; Polemic against Critics of the Bible; Polemic against the Karaites; The Calendar Dispute; Sefer Hagalui; Afterword; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
A masterly yet accessible study of an outstanding tenth-century Jewish thinker that examines his life and intellectual achievements in the context of his times. |
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Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942.
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Saʻadia ben Joseph, 882-942. |
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Rabbis -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Biography.
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Rabbis. |
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Iraq. |
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Biographies.
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Jewish scholars -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Biography.
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Jewish scholars. |
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
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Middle East -- Babylonia. |
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Biographies.
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Rav Seʻadyah Gaon. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012049862
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9781904113881 1904113885 (DLC) 2012031028 (OCoLC)231588594 |
ISBN |
9781786949790 (electronic book) |
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1786949792 (electronic book) |
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9781904113881 |
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1904113885 |
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