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Ṣadaḳah ben Abu al-Faraj Munajja
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Samaritan physician and philosopher; died near Damascus 1223. He was the court physician of Al-Malik al-'Adil, the Ayyubid prince, who ruled at Damascus. Ṣadaḳah was the author of: "Sharh Fuṣul Buḳraṭ" a commentary on Hippocrates; "Kitab fi al-Nafs wal-Ruḥ," on the soul and spirit; "Al-Kunz fi al-Fauz," on the unity of God; "Kitab al-I'tiḳad," on dogmatics. In addition to these works, which, according to Ibn Abi Uṣaibiah and Hajji Khalfa, are still extant in manuscript, Ṣadaḳah is said to have composed commentaries on the Pentateuch.
Bibliography:- Hajji Khalfa, 2:463; 4:438; 5:165,257;
- Drabkin, Fragmenta Commentarii ad Pentateuchum Samaritanum-Arabicum, Leipsic, 1875;
- John W. Nutt, A Sketch of Samaritan History, Dogma, and Literature, p. 138, London, 1874;
- Wreschner, Samaritanische Traditionen, p. , Berlin, 1888.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ṣadaḳah ben Abu al-Faraj Munajja'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/adaah-ben-abu-al-faraj-munajja.html. 1901.