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Saadia Gaon (Saadya Gaon, Saadya ben Joseph, Sa'id ibn Yusuf al-Fayyumi), 882-942. Early medieval Jewish philosopher who championed the importance of reason. He wrote in Arabic and Hebrew.

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• Jewish Encyclopedia: Saadia Ben Joseph

  http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12953-saadia-b-joseph-sa-id-al-fayyumi
  Detailed 1906 study of this exilarch's views, by Wilhelm Bacher.

• Jewish Virtual Library: Saadia Gaon

  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/SaadiaGaon.html
  Concise biography noting his place in Jewish history.

• Saadia Gaon's Kavod Nivra and Its Place in His Philosophy of Judaism

  http://www.metatronics.net/lit/saadia.html
  A 1994 paper by Jay Michaelson, analyzing Saadia's reinterpretation of revelation.

• Saadya

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/saadya/
  Detailed study of this medieval thinker, from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Sarah Pessin.

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