  Albo begins this treatise with the statement that humanity has basic free will, for this is the necessary condition of the concept of recompense. Additionally, he argues that this human freedom does not conflict with God’s omniscience, nor with the existence of an astrological-deterministic system in the universe (treatise 4, chapters 1–6; Sadik 2012; Weiss 2017). His direct discussion of the concept of divine providence divides into three main parts. First, he discusses the proofs of the veracity of providence from natural and human reality, and from intellectual investigation (treatise 4, chapters 8–10). Then he treats the principal theological challenge to the concept of providence, namely, the problem of evil, or the suffering of the righteous and success of the wicked (treatise 4, chapters 12–15).  Finally, he examines the specific religious consequences of providence, paying special attention to the theoretical infrastructure of the precepts of prayer (treatise 4, chapters 16–24) and repentance (treatise 4, chapters 25–28; Ehrlich 2008; Harvey 2015). These last two discussions are of exceptional scope within medieval Jewish philosophy.