Arama is the author of "Aḳedat Yitzchaḳ" ("Binding of Isaac"), a lengthy philosophical commentary on the Pentateuch, homiletic in style. From this work he is frequently spoken of as the "Ba'al 'Aḳedah" (author of the "Aḳedah"). He also wrote a commentary upon the Five Scrolls, and a work called "Ḥazut Ḳashah" ("A Difficult Vision"), upon the relation of philosophy to theology; also "Yad Abshalom" ("The Hand of Absalom"), a commentary on Proverbs, written in memory of his son-in-law, Absalom, who died shortly after his marriage.