Dāwūd ibn Marwān al-Muqammis's Twenty Chapters : : (ʻIshrūn maqāla) /

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

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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)
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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.

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