A Jewish philosopher of Baghdad : 'Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammuna (d. 683/1284) and his writings / by Reza Pourjavady and Sabine Schmidtke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pourjavady, Reza.

Contributor:

Schmidtke, Sabine.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 65.

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy--Islamic influences.

Jewish philosophy.

Ibn Kammunah, Sad ibn Mansur, 13th cent.

Ibn Kammunah, Sad ibn Mansur.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For a long time, the study of the life and work of the Jewish thinker ʿIzz al-Dawla Ibn Kammūna (d. 683/1284) remained limited to a very small number of texts. Interest in Ibn Kammūna in the Western Christian world dates back to the 17th century, when Barthélemy d’Herbelot (1624-1695) included information on two of Ibn Kammūna's works – his examination of the three faiths ( Tanqīḥ al-abḥāth li-l-milal al-thalāt ), id est Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and his commentary on Avicenna’s al-Ishārāt wa l-tanbīhā t – in his Bibliothèque orientale . Subsequent generations of Western scholars were focused on Ibn Kammūna’s Tanqīḥ al-abḥāth , whereas his fame in the Eastern lands of Islam was based exclusively on his philosophical writings. These include a commentary on the Kitāb al-Talwīḥāt by the founder of Illumationist philosophy, Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī (d. 587/1191) and numerous independent works on philosophy and logic. Since most of the manuscripts of Ibn Kammūna’s philosophical writings are located in the public and private libraries of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, they were (and are) out of reach for the majority of Western scholars. The volume gives a detailed account of the available data of Ibn Kammūna’s biography, provides an outline of his philosophcial thought and studies in detail the reception of his thought and his writings among later Muslim and Jewish philosophers. An inventory of his entire œuvre provides detailed information on the extant manuscripts. The volume furthermore includes editions of nine of his writings.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Chapter One. Introduction / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Chapter Two. Inventory Of The Writings Of Ibn Kammūna / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Chapter Three. Editions Of Selected Writings Of Ibn Kammūna / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Appendix A. The Firkovitch/Shapira Codex (Sharḥ Al-Talwīḥāt) / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Appendix B. Kitāb Fī Ithbāt Al-Nubuwwa LI-Muḥammad ٬Alayhi Al-Salām / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Abbreviations And Bibliography / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Index Of Names And Places / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Index Of Manuscripts / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke

Index Of Ibn Kammūna’s Works / R. Pourjavadi and S. Schmidtke.

Notes:

Includes editions of 9 texts by Ibn Kammuna, in Arabic.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-39925-6

9786611399252

90-474-0963-9

OCLC:

347284792

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004151390.i-273 DOI