Kuzari
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The Kuzari, full title Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion (; : ''Kitâb al-ḥujja wa'l-dalîl fi naṣr al-dîn al-dhalîl), also known as the Book of the Khazar (: Sefer ha-Kuzari''), is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher, physician, and poet Judah Halevi, completed in the Hebrew year 4900 (1139-40CE).
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- Author
- Judah ha-Levi
- First published
- 1594
- Editions
- 15
- Subjects
- Judaism, Apologetic works, Jewish philosophy
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- 1880 Warsaw Kuzari2.jpg
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- Cover of the 1880 Hebrew language Warsaw edition of the Kuzari. Although the rabbi in the Kuzari is not named, the cover makes reference to Yitzhak ha-Sangari.
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- Judah Halevi
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- jrb
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- 1140-00-00
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Historical foundation
- Influence of the ''Kuzari''
- Translations
- Contents
- First essay
- Introduction
- Creatio ex nihilo
- Superiority of his faith
- Second essay
- Third essay: The oral tradition
- Fourth essay: Names of God
- Fifth essay: Arguments against philosophy
- Commentaries on the book
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The Kuzari, full title Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion (; : ''Kitâb al-ḥujja wa'l-dalîl fi naṣr al-dîn al-dhalîl), also known as the Book of the Khazar (: Sefer ha-Kuzari''), is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher, physician, and poet Judah Halevi, completed in the Hebrew year 4900 (1139-40CE).
Originally written in Arabic, prompted by Halevi's contact with a Spanish Karaite, it was then translated by numerous scholars, including Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon, into Hebrew and other languages, and is regarded as one of the most important apologetic works of Jewish philosophy. Divided into five parts (''ma'amarim "articles"), it takes the form of a dialogue between a rabbi and the king of the Khazars, who has invited the former to instruct him in the tenets of Judaism in comparison with those of the other two Abrahamic religions: Christianity and Islam.