Isaac Polqar - A Jewish Philosopher or a Philosopher and a Jew?: Philosophy and Religion in Isaac Polqar's ?Ezer ha-Dat and Tesuvat Epiqoros

To date, scholars have skilfully discussed aspects of Polqar’s thought, and yet none of the existing studies offers a comprehensive examination that covers Polqar’s thought in its entirety. This book aims to fill this lacuna by tracing and contextualizing both Polqar’s Islamic sources (al-Fārābī, Avicenna, and Averroes) and his Jewish sources (Maimonides and Isaac Albalag).

The study brings to light three of Polqar’s main purposes; (1) seeking to defend Judaism as a true religion against C...