Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya and the Divine Attributes

Rationalized Traditionalistic Theology
Approx 320 Pp. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37129-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 104, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

In Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and the Divine Attributes Miriam Ovadia offers a thorough discussion on the hermeneutical methodology applied in the theology of the Hanbalite traditionalistic scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 1350), the most prominent disciple of the renowned Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328). Focusing on Ibn al-Qayyim's voluminous – yet so far understudied – work on anthropomorphism, al-Sawa'iq al-Mursala, Ovadia explores his modus operandi in his attack on four fundamental rationalistic convictions, while demonstrating Ibn al-Qayyim's systemization of the Taymiyyan theological doctrine and theoretical discourse. Contextualizing al-Sawa'iq with relevant writings of thinkers who preceded Ibn al-Qayyim, Ovadia unfolds his employment of Kalamic terminology and argumentations; thus, his rationalized-traditionalistic authoring of a theological manifesto directed against his contemporary Ash'arite elite of Mamluk Damascus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ovadia, Miriam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction: Ibn al-Qayyim’s al-?awa?iq: A Hostile Response to Rationalism
Islamic Traditionalistic Theology
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya as (an) a (In)dependent Scholar
Methodological Lines of the Textual Inquiry

1 The Scholarly Setting of Mamluk Damascus: al-?awa?iq’s Birthplace
1.1 A Stormy Approach: Ibn Taymiyya on the Issue of Divine Attributes
1.2 Ibn Taymiyya’s View on ta?wil in Bayan talbis al-jahmiyya

2 A Stroke of Lightning: al-?awa?iq in Ibn al-Qayyim’s Theological Writing
2.1 Scope of al-?awa?iq: The Text and Related Writings
2.2 Al-?awa?iq within Mamluk Intellectual Literature
2.3 Appropriating the Taymiyyan Discourse in al-?awa?iq: Ibn al-Qayyim’s Systemization
2.4 Al-?awa?iq as a Kalam Manual: Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rationalization
2.5 Against ta?wil: al-?awa?iq’s Main Argument

3 First ?aghut Refutation: The Islamic Scriptures Produce Certain Knowledge
3.1 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rationalized-Traditionalistic Arguments on Epistemology in al-?awa?iq I
3.2 Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on Certain Knowledge: Skepticism
3.3 Ibn Taymiyya’s Initial Critique against al-Razi
3.4 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Development: Restoring Optimism

4 Second ?aghut Refutation: Revelation is the Provenance of Knowledge
4.1 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rationalized-Traditionalistic Arguments on Epistemology in al-?awa?iq II
4.2 Ibn Taymiyya’s Initial Critique against al-Ghazali (from the View of Ibn al-Qayyim)
4.3 Ibn al-Qayyim on the Epistemological Value of Revelation

5 Third ?aghut Refutation: Undermining the Theoretical Basis of majaz
5.1 Prefatory Remarks: The ?aqiqa/majaz Dichotomy and the Origin of Language
5.2 Ibn Taymiyya’s Critique against majaz
5.3 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rationalized Hermeneutics
5.4 Attacking the Mu?tazilite Heritage
5.5 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rational-Traditionalistic Inspiration
5.6 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Recruitment of Ibn Rushd against Ta?wil

6 Fourth ?aghut Refutation: Hadith Literature Produces Certainty
6.1 Ibn Taymiyya on the Validity of ?adith al-a?ad
6.2 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Ten Arguments on the Value of ?adith al-a?ad
6.3 Structural Aspects of Ibn al-Qayyim’s Rationalization: al-?awa?iq’s Literary Symmetry

Conclusions

Bibliography
Index of Names
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Miriam Ovadia earned her doctorate degree in Islamic Studies, at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin (2017). Her research concentrates on Islamic theology and Middle Eastern Studies.