faith doctrines dogma saadia declares rationality jewish religion caveat reason must capitulate wherever contradicts tradition dogma takes precedence reason saadia closely followed rules mu tazila school abu ali al jubba'i composing works saadia laid foundations jewish rationalist theology built upon work mu tazila thereby shifting rabbinic judaism mythical explanations rabbis reasoned explanations intellect saadia advanced criticisms mu tazila ibn al rawandi david ibn merwan al mukkamas david ibn merwan
Humanities Theology Jewish theology