Reddit reviews Saadia Gaon: The Book of Beliefs and Opinions (Yale Judaica Series)
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Probably the "easiest" book to get into for this saadia gaon's beliefs and opinions. The purpose of that book is a brief overview of the logic behind jewish theology, a refutation of broad categories of opposing theologies, and the answer to some attempted refutations. This book is pretty encompassing, but there is a highly abridged, very simplified version of the argument for G-d in Gate 1 of duties of the heart, which is available in our sidebar. The better book to read is Guide for the Perplexed, which is quite possibly the most challenging book Judaism has to offer. It is doctorate level philosophy guide which assumes a base familiarity with the writings of Aristotle, some of the commentaries available in Arabic at the time, and a basic understanding of at least the areas of science referenced in the book as they were understood at the time. If you aren't familiar with the methods of Aristotelean logics and metaphysics, it'll be unintelligible. It is not the place to start, but it is exhaustive in scope and remains essentially unchallenged.
That was my first impression when reading The Book of Beliefs and Opinions. But they have interesting differences on reward and punishment, and other things.
Reasoned Belief (Great site!)
Biography as History
An Indiana Jones-like odyssey is underway to find a PDF of The Book of Beliefs and Opinions. Why is there no Kindle edition? The Wiki entry. It's as if Saadia Gaon has been obscured by subsequent giants, the way no one knows as much about the pre-Socratic philosophers.
So, I think these are the sources he is citing. I personally have no inclination to read them, as I highly doubt that some ancient texts have profound and irrefutable arguments that have somehow been forgotten by all the modern people who constantly debate this topic. Further, when the guy pointing me to them can not bother to get the citations right it brings that expectation even lower. Nevertheless, I figured since I looked them up I would link them for others.
Duties of the Heart by Bahya ibn Paquda - Free English translation of gates 1-10
The Book of Beliefs and Opinions by Saadia Gaon - Amazon link. I was unable to find a free English version.
The Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides - Free English Full Text