Muʿtazilī Underpinnings of an 11th Century Qaraite Legal Treatise: Theological & Legal Hermeneutics in Yeshuʿah ben Yehudah’s Risāla fī ’l-Jawāb ʿan masāʾil mushkila fī ’l-tarkīb
Analyses the introduction of Yeshuʿah ben Yehudah's Risāla fī ’l-Jawāb ʿan masāʾil mushkila fī ’l-tarkīb, its key concept (al-muwāḍaʿa al-sharʿiyya), and its relation to Muʿtazilī uṣūl al-fiqh.
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Extract from the introduction to Yeshuʿah ben Yehudah’s Risāla fī ’l-Jawāb ʿan masāʾil