David ibn Merwan al-Muqammitz
David ibn Merwan al-Muqammitz was a Jewish religious philosopher of the 9th and 10th centuries AD.
He came from Babylon and was therefore also called David ha-Bavli (the Babylonian).
After 800 he wrote a (not completely preserved) polemical treatise called Twenty Chapters , which particularly targeted the idea of the Trinity of God .
Literature (selection)
- David Kaufmann , History of Attributes , Gotha 1877
- Ernst Müller, article DAVID ibn MERWAN al Mokammez al rakki , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Vol. II
Web links
- Richard Gottheil, Isaac Broydé: DAVID (ABU SULAIMAN) IBN MERWAN AL-MUḲAMMAṢ AL-RAḲḲI. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
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| SURNAME | Muqammitz, David ibn Merwan al- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish religious philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century or 9th century or 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century or 10th century |