Editing Jewish philosophy (section)

=== Hoter ben Solomon ===
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[[Hoter ben Shlomo]] was a scholar and philosopher in Yemen heavily influenced by Nethanel ben al-Fayyumi, Maimonides, Saadia Gaon and al-Ghazali. The connection between the "Epistle of the [[Brethren of Purity]]" and Ismailism suggests the adoption of this work as one of the main sources of what would become known as "Jewish Ismailism" as found in Late Medieval Yemenite Judaism. "Jewish Ismailism" consisted of adapting, to Judaism, a few Ismaili doctrines about cosmology, prophecy, and hermeneutics. There are many examples of the [[Brethren of Purity]] influencing [[Yemenite Jew]]ish philosophers and authors in the period 1150–1550.<ref>D. Blumenthal, "An  Illustration of the Concept 'Philosophic Mysticism' from Fifteenth Century Yemen," and "A Philosophical-Mystical Interpretation of a Shi'ur Qomah Text."</ref> Some traces of Brethren of Purity doctrines, as well as of their [[numerology]], are found in two Yemenite philosophical [[midrashim]] written in 1420–1430: ''[[Midrash ha-Hefez|Midrash ha-hefez]]'' ("Midrash of Desire") by [[Zechariah ha-Rofé]] (a.k.a. Yahya al-Tabib) and the ''Siraj al-'uqul'' ("Lamp of Intellects") by Hoter ben Solomon.