Book Description | Jewish theology, and knowledge of that intellectual heritage that was intertwined with our intellectual heritage, whether in ancient Egypt and the philosophical era of Alexandria or in the Arab-Islamic heritage, of which Saadia al-Fayoumi’s thought is an important sign, as he was the mediator who moved through Islamic thought with all its issues and problems to Jewish religious culture, whether Arab or European. The author’s brilliance was evident in the interesting presentation of that extensive study, during which he succeeded in extracting Saadia al-Fayoumi’s cognitive theory, which is based on four sources: sensation, reason, experience, and what he called necessary knowledge. He also revealed the foundations and applications of the dialectic theory in the service of Jewish beliefs, then he clearly demonstrated his theory of the creation of the world by stating his evidence for the occurrence of the world “infinity, composition, symptoms, and time.” The author also confirmed, through the interrogation of the texts, his vision of monotheism and his criticism of dualism and trinity, as well as his criticism of Jewish concepts of embodiment. He also presented al-Fayoumi’s visions of justice and freedom and criticized the opinion of those who believe in determinism, as well as his vision of prophecy “Proof of prophecy – prophecy The miracle - the fathers or the prophets”, as he also presented his vision of the earthly resurrection and the afterlife, and the author did not neglect to present his theological and philosophical vision of ethics and politics, as he focused in the end on Saeed “Saadia” Al-Fayoumi’s statement about the Jewish, Arab and Western philosophy from his time until today. |