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Truth, Philosophers, and Prophets: a Critical Study of Isaac Albalag's Sefer Tiqqun ha-Deʿot
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This book focuses on Isaac Albalagâs perspective on the relationship between religion and philosophy. In Sefer Tiqqun ha-DeÊ¿ot, a Hebrew translation with a commentary of al-Ä azÄlÄ«âs Arabic philosophical encyclopedia MaqÄá¹£id al-FalÄsifah, Albalag indicates his adherence to what is known in scholarship as the double-truth doctrine. By analysing the Tiqqun against its philosophical background and its critical engagement with the MaqÄá¹£id, this book demonstrates Albalagâs unyielding commitment to Aristotelianism, as known to him through Averroesâs lens, concluding that his apparent embrace of the double-truth doctrine is merely a strategic tool to carve out a distinct space for philosophy, independent of religious beliefs.
Bakinaz Khalifa Abdalla, Ph.D. (2019), McGill University, is Assistant Professor of philosophy at Nazarbayev University. Her publications include a special issue of Religious Studies on the problem of evil and suffering and a number of book chapters and journal articles. Her most recent publications are "Evil and Responsibility in the Quran" in Religious Studies (2024), and "Morality and Divine Law: Reflections on Islamic Theology and Falsafah" in Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion, edited by Saleh Zarepour and Yujin Nagasawa (2024).
â2âThe Concept of emunah
â3âConclusion
2 The Theory of Prophecy: Naturalism or Supernaturalism?
â1âProphets and Miracles
â2âProphets and Separate Intellects: Two Fundamental Claims
â3âNon-empirical Source(s) of Knowledge
â4âProphets and the Divine Capacity
â5âThe Imaginative Faculty: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle
â6âConclusion
3 Law, Society, and Happiness
â1âThe moreh tzedeq: A Political Leader or a Prophet?
â2âTorah and Divine Will
â3âTorah and Happiness
â4âConclusion
4 The Conception of God
â1âProofs of Godâs Existence: Methods and Implications
â2âThe Prime Mover and the Deity
â3âDivine Knowledge
â4âDivine Will
â5âConclusion
5 Creation, Eternal Creation, or Eternity?
â1âArguments for the Eternity of the World
â2âThe Doctrine of Eternal Creation
â3âDivine Causation and Celestial Motion
â4âDivine Knowledge and Coming to Be
â5âThe Metaphor of the River: Existence in the Sublunary World
â6âConclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
â3âConclusion
2 The Theory of Prophecy: Naturalism or Supernaturalism?
â1âProphets and Miracles
â2âProphets and Separate Intellects: Two Fundamental Claims
â3âNon-empirical Source(s) of Knowledge
â4âProphets and the Divine Capacity
â5âThe Imaginative Faculty: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle
â6âConclusion
3 Law, Society, and Happiness
â1âThe moreh tzedeq: A Political Leader or a Prophet?
â2âTorah and Divine Will
â3âTorah and Happiness
â4âConclusion
Part2 Questions in Celestial Physics and Metaphysics
4 The Conception of God
â1âProofs of Godâs Existence: Methods and Implications
â2âThe Prime Mover and the Deity
â3âDivine Knowledge
â4âDivine Will
â5âConclusion
5 Creation, Eternal Creation, or Eternity?
â1âArguments for the Eternity of the World
â2âThe Doctrine of Eternal Creation
â3âDivine Causation and Celestial Motion
â4âDivine Knowledge and Coming to Be
â5âThe Metaphor of the River: Existence in the Sublunary World
â6âConclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
The book is of interest to academics interested in Jewish philosophy, in particular post-Maimonidean thought, and Islamic philosophy, in particular the thought of Avicenna, al-Ghazali, and Averroes.