A Medieval Critique of Anthropomorphism

Ibn al-Jawzi's
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12376-2
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 446 Seiten, Gewicht: 949 g

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

This study consists of a critical edition of Ibn al-Jawzi’s Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat (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-Jawzi’s fellow Hanbali, but also against Sunni traditionalists more generally. As an intra-Hanbalir polemic, KAS sheds important new light on the intellectual fault-lines within medieval Hanbalism, and reveals the extent to which kalam had penetrated the Hanbalite school by the 12th century. In his work, Ibn al- Jawzi’s makes extensive use of kalam, 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-'Althi's Risala, a pointed response to Ibn al-Jawzi, written by a fellow Hanbali from a traditionalist perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swartz, Merlin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Merlin Swartz, Ph.D. (1967) in Islamic Studies, Harvard University, is a member of the Arts and Science Faculty, Boston University and is Professor of Islamic Studies. He is the author of a number of works on medieval Islam, and is presently working on a study dealing with the tradition of Arabic rhetoric and the medieval homily.