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Joseph Al-Basir
Joseph ben Abraham (, also known by the Arabic name Yusuf al-Basir) was a Karaite Jewish philosopher and theologian who flourished in Lower Mesopotamia or Persia in the first half of the eleventh century. He was the teacher of, among others, Jeshua ben Judah, also known as Abu al-Faraj. By way of euphemism, he was surnamed ''ha-Ro'eh'' "the seer" on account of his blindness. His blindness did not prevent him from undertaking long journeys, likely as a missionary. During his travels, he frequented the religio-philosophical schools of the Mu'tazili, whose teachings he defended in his works. Of these the most important is the ''Muhtawi'', translated from the Arabic into Hebrew, perhaps by Tobiah ben Moses, under the title ''Sefer ha-Ne'imot'' or ''Zikron ha-Datot.'' It is divided into forty chapters, in which all the main principles of Mu'tazili kalam are applied to Karaite dogmas, the five principles the monotheism: the necessity of admitting atoms and accidents; the existence of a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Rabbinic Judaism, non-Rabbinical Jewish religious movements, Jewish sect characterized by the recognition of the written Tanakh alone as its supreme religious text, authority in ''halakha'' (religious law) and theology. Karaites believe that all of the Mitzvah, divine commandments which were handed down to Moses by God were recorded in the written Torah without any additional Oral Torah, Oral Law or explanation. Unlike mainstream Rabbinic Judaism, which regards the Oral Torah, codified in the Talmud and subsequent works, as authoritative interpretations of the Torah, Karaite Jews do not treat the written collections of the oral tradition in the Midrash or the Talmud as binding. Karaite interpretation of the Torah strives to adhere to the plain or most obvious meaning (''peshat'') of the text; this is not necessarily the literal meaning of the text—instead, it is the meaning of the text that would have been naturally understood by the ancient He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
