For example, in the post that you commented on, I was quoting him where he basically said that the view of Rambam (and some of Chazal) that Iyov didn't actually exist, essentially allows for the destruction of the whole Torah.
He says something similar in his commentary to Parshas Beha'aloscha, by the incident of Aharon and Miriam speaking ill of MOshe.
There he says it even more harshly, and accuses everyone (Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Onkoles) of using a methodology that destroys the whole Torah.
He is considered the prime proponent of the vieww that Rambam actually believed in (some form of) Aristotle's eternal universe.
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This was one of the hottest topics in medieval Jewish philosophy. Saadia Gaon devoted the first treatise of Emunot V'Deiot to proving creatio ex nihilo and refuting the opposing arguments. Here is an excerpt from his introduction to that treatise: Therefore, O thou that seekest the truth, m...
He often interprets pesukim in ways that make it sound like there are many things that are not important, or exaggerations, or stylistic, or not conveying anything important.
Obviously, other commentators do this to an extent, but my impression is that he takes this further.
He says that the books of the Torah that contain the mitzvos are less important (or less great, or something to that effect — I'll find the exact reference) than the books which contain the stories.
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R. Yosef Ibn Kaspi
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