Program Studi Aqidah dan Filsafat Islam Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Pemikiran Islam
Abstract
This study looks at the numerous studies of Islamic theology conducted by Western nations since the early nineteenth century. They studied Muslim thinkers\u27 writings and brought them to the West. Initially, the study of the manuscript was general in nature, but later thinkers narrowed it down to a specific study. Sabine Schmidtke is a modern Orientalist who specializes in manuscripts of Islamic theology, particularly Mu\u27tazilah theology. In this study, the author employs the library research method to examine Sabine Schmidtke\u27s books and journals on the relationship between Jewish Karaites, Shia theology and Mu\u27tazilah theology. Based on the author\u27s research, Sabine\u27s comparative historical and textual studies have revealed that the Shia school of thought and the Jewish Karaites sect have adopted Mu\u27tazilah thought, specifically the thought of Abu al-Husayn al-Basri. They not only adopted ideas, but they also copied and preserved writings found in Yemen in the form of manuscripts.
Keywords: Sabine Schmidtke, Jewish Karaites, Mu\u27tazilah
