A medieval critique of anthropomorphism : Ibn al-Jawzī's Kitāb Akhbār aṣ-ṣifāt : a critical edition of the Arabic text with translation, introduction and notes /
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| Author / Creator: | Swartz, Merlin L., 1933- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2002. |
| Description: | xvi, 330, [120] p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 46 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4672804 |
| Summary: | This study consists of a critical edition of Ibn al-Jawz s Kit b Akhb r as-Sif t (KAS) along with an annotated translation and introduction. KAS is a critique of anthropomorphic conceptions of God, directed in the first instance against Ibn al-Jawz s fellow Hanbal , but also against Sunn traditionalists more generally. As an intra-Hanbal r polemic, KAS sheds important new light on the intellectual fault-lines within medieval Hanbalism, and reveals the extent to which kal m had penetrated the Hanbalite school by the 12th century. In his work, Ibn al- Jawz s makes extensive use of kal m, drawing on its technical language and crafting his arguments against anthropomorphism on the basis of the dialectical methods developed within the great theological schools of medieval Islam. The study also contains a translation of al-cAlth s Ris la, a pointed response to Ibn al-Jawz , written by a fellow Hanbal from a traditionalist perspective. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 330, [120] p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004123768 |
