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CHAPTER

I. ISAAC ISRAELI 1

II. DAVID BEN MERWAN AL MUKAMMAS 17

III. SAADIA BEN JOSEPH AL-FAYYUMI 23

IV. JOSEPH AL-BASIR AND JESHUA BEN JUDAH 48

V. SOLOMON IBN GABIROL 59

VI. BAHYA IBN PAKUDA 80

VII. PSEUDO-BAHYA 106

VIII. ABRAHAM BAR HIYYA 114

IX. JOSEPH IBN ZADDIK 125

X. JUDAH HALEVI 150

XI. MOSES AND ABRAHAM IBN EZRA 184

XII. ABRAHAM IBN DAUD 197

XIII. MOSES MAIMONIDES 236

XIV. HILLEL BEN SAMUEL 312

XV. LEVI BEN GERSON 328

XVI. AARON BEN ELIJAH OF NICOMEDIA 362

XVII. HASDAI BEN ABRAHAM CRESCAS 388

XVIII. JOSEPH ALBO 406

CONCLUSION 428

BIBLIOGRAPHY 433

NOTES 439

LIST OF BIBLICAL AND RABBINIC PASSAGES 449

INDEX 451