Aviram Ravitsky

Before and After Revelation: Qirqisānī on Human Reason as the Source of Moral and Religious Knowledge (With a Note on the Rationalism of Rav Saʿadya Gaʾon): A Chapter in 10th Century Karaite Thought

This article examines the limits of human reason as a source of moral and religious knowledge in the thought of the tenth-century Karaite scholar Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī. While Qirqisānī assigns reason a central role in theology, legal analogy, and dialectical deliberation, the article focuses on a neglected dimension of h...