Source books · Jewish scripture and tradition

Fons Vitae

Yanbu' al-Hayat / Mekor Hayyim

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Traditions
Jewish scripture and tradition Neoplatonism
Role in the tradition
Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
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In this study

In the chronology, in Solomon ibn Gabirol's account.

A dialogue on matter and form in which a divine Will stands between an unknowable God and everything that proceeds from him. Written in Arabic, lost in the original, and preserved complete only in the Latin of Avicebron.