 Isaac Israeli’s passages on intellection, interpreted by Stern as a misreading of al-Kindi, actually mirrors a passage in John of Damascus’ (c. 676–c. 749) De Fide Orthodoxa, which was translated into Arabic in the tenth century (Wolfson, 1961: 279–280). While it is within the realm of possibility that Israeli read this translation, it is also possible that both authors are citing a previous source which is no longer extant.