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A Medieval Critique of Anthropomorphism: Ibn Al-Jawzi's Kitab Akhbar As-Sifat : A Critical Edition of the Arabic Text With Translation, Introduction ... Science) (English, Arabic and Arabic Edition) - Hardcover
This study contains a critical edition of Ibn al-Jawzi’s Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat (KAS) along with an annotated translation and introduction. KAS is primarily a critique of anthropomorphic conceptions of God, directed against fellow Hanbalis and traditionalists generally. It sheds important new light on the intellectual fault-lines within medieval Hanbalism, and reveals the extent to which kalam had penetrated the school by the 12th century.
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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.
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- PublisherBrill Academic Pub
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 9004123768
- ISBN 13 9789004123762
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages330
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