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Mukammiṣ, David ibn Marwān, active 9th century author
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"The literary works of ninth-century scholar Dawud Al-Muqammas, who converted from Judaism to Christianity and then back to Judaism, reflect his pioneering approaches during a formative time in Jewish and Muslim medieval philosophy. A master of diverse genres, he composed, among other works, the thoughtful Twenty Chapters, which is not only the first known Jewish Kalam text but also the earliest extant theological summa written in Arabic. This authoritative edition presents an Arabic-letter edition of the Judeo-Arabic text, along with a parallel English translation, notes, and introduction, by Sarah Stroumsa"-- Provided by publisher.

Title Twenty chapters : a parallel Judeo-Arabic edition / Dāwūd ibn Marwān al-Muqammaṣ
transliterated into Arabic characters, with a parallel English translation, notes, and introduction, by Sarah Stroumsa.
Additional Titles عشرون مقالة
Edition First edition.
Contributors Stroumsa, Sarah (translator writer of introduction writer of added commentary)
Publisher Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press
Creation Date [2016]
Notes Added title in Arabic.
English and Arabic texts on facing pages, with passages in Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English, Arabic, or Hebrew.
Series Library of Judeo-Arabic literature
Extent lix, 370 pages
24 cm.
Language English
Arabic
Hebrew
Copyright Date ©2016
National Library system number 990039421250205171

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Dawud ibn Marwan al-Muqammis's twenty chapters (Ishrun maqala) / edited, translated and annotated by Sarah Stroumsa.

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