Notes

1. All references to the Amânât are to Alexander Altmann's translation as found in Three Jewish Philosophers, edited by Hans Lewy, Alexander Altmann and Isaak Heinemann (New York: Atheneum, 1985). This version of Altmann's translation of Saadya's Amânât is currently also available in a volume by Hackett Publishing Company.

2. See A. Altmann, “Saadya's Theory of Revelation: Its Origin and Background,” in Studies in Religious Philosophy and Mysticism by Alexander Altmann (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1969).