The Book of Beliefs and Opinions

The Book of Beliefs and Opinions (Arabic: كتاب الأمانات والاعتقادات, romanizedKitāb al-Amānāt wa l-Iʿtiqādāt) is a book written by Saadia Gaon (completed 933)[1] which is the first systematic presentation and philosophic foundation of the dogmas of Judaism.

The work was originally in Judeo-Arabic in Hebrew letters with quotations from the Torah. The first Hebrew translation was done in 1186 by Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon, titled Emunot ve-Deot (Hebrew: אמונות ודעות Beliefs and Opinions). An unabridged translation into English by Samuel Rosenblatt was published in 1948.

An introduction prefaces the work and has ten chapters; it was completed in 933.

  1. ^ Saadia Gaon (2011). Book of Beliefs & Opinions (Sefer ha-Nivḥar ba-emunot uva-deʻot) (in Hebrew). Translated by Yosef Qafih. Kiryat Ono: Mekhkon Mishnat ha-Rambam. p. 6 (Introduction). OCLC 989874916.