The Book of Beliefs and Opinions

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Jewish philosophical work medieval Jewish text theological treatise

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological work by Saadia Gaon that systematically presents and defends rabbinic Judaism using rational argumentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish philosophical work ⓘ
medieval Jewish text ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
aim to defend rabbinic Judaism using rational argumentation ⓘ
to present a systematic account of Jewish belief ⓘ
alternativeName Emunot ve-Deot ⓘ
approximateDate c. 933 CE ⓘ
author Saadia Gaon ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 10th century ⓘ
field Jewish thought ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
genre Jewish philosophy ⓘ
philosophical theology ⓘ
importance first major systematic work of medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ
foundational text of rationalist Jewish theology ⓘ
influenced Judah Halevi ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
surface form: Moses Maimonides

later medieval Jewish philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic kalam ⓘ
surface form: Kalām (Islamic theological philosophy)
method philosophical analysis ⓘ
rational argumentation ⓘ
movement Geonic Judaism ⓘ
notablePosition affirms creation ex nihilo ⓘ
argues for the unity and incorporeality of God ⓘ
defends human free will ⓘ
defends the authority of rabbinic tradition ⓘ
reconciles reason and revelation ⓘ
originalLanguage Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
originalTitle Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt ⓘ
placeOfComposition Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
structure ten main treatises (maʿamarim) ⓘ
subject Jewish dogmatics ⓘ
Messianic redemption ⓘ
afterlife ⓘ
commandments in Judaism ⓘ
creation ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
free will ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
revelation ⓘ
reward and punishment ⓘ
theology ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
other European languages ⓘ

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Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī → notableWork → The Book of Beliefs and Opinions ⓘ
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt → titleTranslation → The Book of Beliefs and Opinions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Beliefs and Opinions
First Treatise on the Creation of the World → includedIn → The Book of Beliefs and Opinions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Beliefs and Opinions
Sixth Treatise on Resurrection → parentWorkTitleInEnglish → The Book of Beliefs and Opinions ⓘ