Creator Bio
Mubashshir ben Nissi ha-Levi
10th Century
Mubashshir (Mevasser) ha-Levi ben Nissi al-Baghdādī ibn ‘Unāba was apparently active in Baghdad. He is best known for a book of criticisms of Se‘adya Ga’on (882–942). Little is known about his life.
Content by Mubashshir ben Nissi ha-Levi
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The Book of the Correction of the Negligence Found in the Books of the Head of the Academy, al-Fayyūmī: Introduction
Kitāb istidrāk al-sahw al-mawjūd fī kutub ra’s al-mathība al-Fayyūmī, Introduction
Praise be to God, who is one and eternal, [knowing] and wise, who is in no need of seeking information or trying to understand, about whom one cannot say that he “estimates” or “imagines,” who has…
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The Book of the Correction of the Negligence Found in the Books of the Head of the Academy, al-Fayyūmī: Criticisms
Kitāb istidrāk al-sahw al-mawjūd fī kutub ra’s al-mathība al-Fayyūmī
And concerning that which he [Se‘adya Ga’on] wrote in this section, [namely,] his statement that Ḥīwī al-Balkhī said that [the verse] And God saw the light, that it was good (Genesis 1:4) proves that…