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"The world of mediaeval Jewish philosophy, often discussed only in the context of developments within Christendom and Islam, possessed a rich, integrated, and internally matured tradition. Isaac Husik's monumental account of its development should serve to place in perspective the role which philosophy played in the articulation fo the Jewish world-view. Beginning with its seminal creators, Isaac Israeli and Saadia Gaon, Husik traces its history through the great creative figures of the Judeo-Islamic Age — Ibn Gabirol, Bahya ibn Pakuda, Judah Halevi, and Maimonides — and closes with a presentation of the thought of those last and traditional thinkers, Gresonides, Crescas, and Albo.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy is a fundamental and indispensable work for students and laymen concerned with the development of Jewish religion and the enlargement of Western tradition in which Jewish philosophy played a vital and creative role."