Emunot ve-Deot

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Emunot ve-Deot is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical work by Saadia Gaon that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish philosophical work
medieval Jewish text
theological treatise
aim to defend Judaism using reason
to systematize Jewish beliefs
associatedWith Geonic period
Sura academy
surface form: Sura Academy
author Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon
surface form: Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi
completionDate circa 933 CE
genre philosophical theology
religious apologetics
hasPart Eighth Treatise on Reward and Punishment
Fifth Treatise on the Soul and Death
First Treatise on the Creation of the World
Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience
Introduction
Ninth Treatise on Free Will
Second Treatise on God’s Unity
Seventh Treatise on the Messiah
Sixth Treatise on Resurrection
Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct
Third Treatise on the Commandments
influenced Bahya ibn Paquda
Maimonides
medieval Jewish rationalism
influencedBy Islamic kalam
surface form: Islamic kalām

Muʿtazilite theology
keyTheme creation ex nihilo
divine unity
ethical conduct
free will and determinism
harmony of reason and revelation
messianic redemption
resurrection of the dead
reward and punishment
mainSubject Jewish philosophy
Jewish theology
principles of Jewish belief
notableFor first systematic presentation of Jewish dogmatics
use of philosophical argumentation in Jewish theology
originalLanguage Judeo-Arabic
originalTitle Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
philosophicalApproach kalām-influenced
rationalist
placeOfComposition Babylon
surface form: Babylonia
religiousTradition Judaism
structure ten treatises
timePeriod 10th century
title Emunot ve-Deot self-link
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translationOf Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt

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this entity surface form: Sefer ha-Emunot ve-ha-Deʿot
Saadia Gaon notableWork Emunot ve-Deot
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