Editing Saadia Gaon (section)

===Philosophy of religion===
# [[Emunoth ve-Deoth]] (''Kitāb al-amānāt wa-al-iʿatiqādāt''), the ''Book of Beliefs and Opinions'':<ref>This (כתאב אלאמאנאת ואלאעתקאדאת [Judeo-Arabic]) was the name of Saadia's first edition, later emended by Saadia to אלמכ'תאר פי אלאמאנאת ואלאעתקאדאת (Hebrew: הנבחר באמונות ובדעות) as described by [[Yosef Qafih|Kafih]] on pages 8-9 of his edition (https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?12163&lang=eng).</ref> This work, first compiled in 933 CE, of which several revisions were made until its final redaction,<ref>{{cite book|last=Saadia Gaon|author-link=Saadia Gaon|translator=Yosef Qafih|title=Book of Beliefs & Opinions (Sefer ha-Nivḥar ba-emunot uva-deʻot) |publisher=Mekhkon Mishnat ha-Rambam|year=2011|location=Kiryat Ono|page=6 (Introduction)|language=he|oclc=989874916}}</ref> is considered to be the first systematic attempt to synthesize the Jewish tradition with philosophical teachings. Prior to Saadia, the only other Jew to attempt any such fusion was [[Philo]] {{Harv|Ivry|1989}}. Saadia's objective here was to show the parallelism between the truths delivered to the people of Israel by Divine revelation, on the one side, and the necessary conclusions that can also be reached by way of rational observation, on the other. The effect of these ideas expressed in his philosophical books are clearly reflected in Saadia's story of creation, especially when he comes to deal with the theological problems, such as in the verse of Deuteronomy 4:24: “For the LORD your God is a devouring fire,” which constitutes an example of a verse that cannot be understood in its plain context, but should rather be understood in such a way as not to contradict one's definite knowledge that God does not change, nor can anything corporeal be associated with him.<ref>Ayelet Cohen, ''Linguistic Comments in Saadia's Biblical Commentary'' (Abstract), Haifa University 2017</ref> 
# ''Tafsīr Kitāb al-Mabādī'',<ref>Saadia Gaon's version of the text itself along with his Judeo-Arabic commentary with facing Hebrew translation by Rabbi [[Yosef Qafih|Yosef Kafih]] (https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?23506&lang=eng [first 40 pages viewable for free]).</ref> an Arabic translation of and commentary on the [[Sefer Yetzirah]], written while its author was still residing in Egypt (or Israel), and intended to explain in a scientific manner how the universe came into existence.<ref>''Sefer Yetzirah Hashalem'' (with Rabbi Saadia Gaon's Commentary), [[Yosef Qafih]] (editor), Jerusalem 1972, p. 46 (Hebrew / Judeo-Arabic)</ref> On the linguistic aspect, Saadia combines a debate on the letters and on their attributes (e.g. phonemes), as well as a debate on related linguistic matters.