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The Karaites' Encounter with the Thought of Abū l-Husayn al-Basrī (d. 436/ 1044). A Survey of the Relevant Materials in the Firkovitch-Collection, St. Petersburg.
The article examines the significance of the Abraham Firkovitch collection in St. Petersburg with regard to the theological movement Mu،tazilism. These Mutazilī manuscripts were preserved by the Jewish sect Karaites. The reception of In this collection Mutazilī thought within Imamism began in the second half of the 3rd/9th century.