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Isaac Polqar - A Jewish Philosopher or a Philosopher and a Jew?

Philosophy and Religion in Isaac Polqar's ¿Ezer ha-Dat and Te¿uvat Epiqoros

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To date, scholars have skilfully discussed aspects of Polqar's thought, and yet none of the existing studies offers a comprehensive examination that covers Polqar's thought in its entirety. This book aims to fill this lacuna by tracing and contextualizing both Polqar's Islamic sources (al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes) and his Jewish sources (Maimonides and Isaac Albalag).The study brings to light three of Polqar's main purposes; (1) seeking to defend Judaism as a true religion against Christianity; (2) similarly to his fellow Jewish Averroists, Polqar wishes to defend the discipline of philo...