Dāwūd ibn Marwān al-Muqammis's Twenty Chapters : : (ʻIshrūn maqāla) / / edited, translated and annotated by Sarah Stroumsa.

• Superior document: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; Tome XIII
• TeilnehmendeR: Stroumsa, Sarah,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1989]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 1989
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; Tome XIII.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Al-Muqammiṣ's Biography -- Was al-Muqammiṣ a Karaite? -- Kalām and Falsafa in al-Muqammiṣ's Thought -- Al-Muqammiṣ's Writings -- Biblical Exegesis -- Polemics -- Theology -- The cIshrūn Maqāla, Its Structure and Contents -- Composition and Style -- Contents -- Epistemology -- The World -- God -- Humanity and Revelation -- Exposition and Refutation of Other Religions -- Al-Muqammiṣ's Significance for the History of Judaeo-Arabic Thought -- The Manuscripts -- The Text -- Notes to the Text -- Transliteration -- Translation -- Notes to the Translation -- System of References and Symbols -- DĀWŪD IBN MARWĀN AL-MUQAMMIṢ'S TWENTY CHAPTERS (cISHRŪN MAQĀLA) -- Chapter One -- (Aspects of Inquiry) -- (Definition of Being) -- (Definition of Quiddity) -- (Definitions of Quality) -- (Definitions of the Wherefore) -- (Being) -- (Quiddity) -- (Quality) -- (The Wherefore) -- Chapter Two -- (The Existence of Knowledge) -- (The Quiddity of Knowledge) -- (The Quality of Knowledge) -- (The Wherefore of Knowledge) -- (The Existence of Truth) -- (The Quiddity of Truth) -- (The Quality of Truth) -- (The Wherefore of Truth) -- Chapter Three -- (The Existence of the World) -- (The Quiddity of the World: That the World Consists of Substances and Accidents) -- Chapter Four -- (That the Accident Is Contingent Upon the Substance, Whereas the Substance Is Self-Subsistent) -- Chapter Five -- (That Both the Substances and the Accidents of the World Are Created In Time) -- Chapter Six -- (The Quality of the World) -- (The Wherefore of the World) -- Chapter Seven -- (Is There a Creator?) -- (The World Is Created ex Nihilo) -- Chapter Eight -- (How Many Creators of the World Are There?) -- (That there Are No Two Creators) -- (That the Creator of the World Is Unlike the World).

(Additional Proofs for the Unity of the Creator) -- (What We Mean by Saying that God Is One) -- (Refutation of the Trinitarian Dogma) -- Chapter Nine -- (The Quiddity of God) -- (God Lives Without Life) -- Chapter Ten -- (The Quality of God) -- Chapter Eleven -- (Why Is God Our God?) -- Chapter Twelve -- (That God Created Us Benevolently) -- (God's Beneficence to Us Is Partly Dependant On Our Merit -- (The Human Being Is an Agent, Free to Choose) -- (The Evaluation of Human Acts) -- (The Affirmation of Prophecies) -- Chapter Thirteen -- Refutation of the Ninth Argument -- Chapter Fourteen -- (Necessary Conditions for the Veracity of a Tradition Concerning a Prophet) -- Chapter Fifteen -- (Command and Prohibition) -- (The Reason for Command and Prohibition) -- The Benefit of Virtues -- The Harmfulness of Defects -- Chapter Sixteen -- (On Reward and Punishment) -- Chapter Twenty -- List of Bibliographical Abbreviations -- Indices -- Index of Proper Names -- Index of Religions and Sects -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Technical Terms.