Ikarim, Shorashim, Anafim (Albo's Roots and Branches)
A century after Maimonides fixed Jewish belief at thirteen principles, the philosopher Albo argued the list was the wrong shape. Faith, he said, grows like a tree: three deep roots — that God exists, that God reveals, and that God rewards and punishes — from which all other principles branch.
A century after Maimonides fixed Jewish belief at thirteen principles, the philosopher Albo argued the list was the wrong shape. Faith, he said, grows like a tree: three deep roots — that God exists, that God reveals, and that God rewards and punishes — from which all other principles branch. It was a major alternative to Rambam's thirteen.
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- Sefer HaIkkarimSoria · c. 1425 CEdefines
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למה שהיתה ההצלחה האנושית נתלת בעיון ובמעשה כמו שבאר הפילוסוף בספר הנפש, והיו הדעות האמתיות והמעשים המשובחים אי אפשר שיושגו על נכון מצד השכל האנושי, להיות שכל האדם לואה מהשיג הדברים על אמתתם כמו שיבא,
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Mishneh Torah, Foundations of the Torah · Moses ben Maimon (Rambam) · c. 1176 CE
Yosef Albo's philosophical framework reducing Jewish dogma to three essential principles: God's existence, the divine origin of Torah, and divine reward and punishment for human conduct. (Maimonides)
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Yosef Albo's philosophical framework reducing Jewish dogma to three essential principles: God's existence, the divine origin of Torah, and divine reward and punishment for human conduct. (Yosef Albo)
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Yosef Albo's philosophical framework reducing Jewish dogma to three essential principles: God's existence, the divine origin of Torah, and divine reward and punishment for human conduct. (Maimonides)
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