Saadya Gaon : the double path of the mystic and the rationalist / / by Gyongyi Hegedus.

• Author: Hegedus, Gyongyi.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, t. 58; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 58.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.; The Finitude of the Speculation in Saadya's KAI.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One Two Paths to Knowledge /; Chapter Two The Understanding of Reality in the KAI and in the TSY /; Chapter Three Rational Theology: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th century: the Muġnī /; Chapter Four Gnosticism: An Islamic Parallel from the 10th Century: The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 900425644X
• ISSN: 0169-815X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Gyongyi Hegedus.

In Saadya Gaon: The Double Path of the Mystic and the Rationalist Gyongyi Hegedus offers a new perspective on the thought of the most significant medieval Jewish thinker of the pre-Maimonidean era, Saadya Gaon. Saadya’s important philosophical works belong to two distinct traditions: his main work is written in the style of rationalist theology (kalam), but he is also responsible for composing a commentary in a neo-Pythagorean tone. In addition to contextualizing the two traditions and analyzing their Islamic parallels, the book makes the argument that Saadya consciously constructed a two-layered model of thought and harmonized two styles: one based on sensation and logic, the other on a specific prophetic insight.