Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and the divine attributes : rationalized traditionalistic theology / by Miriam Ovadia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ovadia, Miriam.

Series:

Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 104.

Islamic philosophy, theology and science ; V. 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Islam)--Attributes.

God (Islam).

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1292-1350. Ṣawāʾiq al-mursalah ʻalá firaq al-Muʻtazilah wa-al-Jahmīyah wa-al-Muʻaṭṭilah.

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

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 Ḥanbalite 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-Ṣawāʿiq 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-Ṣawāʿiq with relevant writings of thinkers who preceded Ibn al-Qayyim, Ovadia unfolds his employment of Kalām ic terminology and argumentations; thus, his rationalized-traditionalistic authoring of a theological manifesto directed against his contemporary Ashʿarite elite of Mamluk Damascus.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Ibn al-Qayyim’s al-Ṣawāʿiq: A Hostile Response to Rationalism

The Scholarly Setting of Mamluk Damascus: al-Ṣawāʿiq’s Birthplace

A Stroke of Lightning: al-Ṣawāʿiq in Ibn al-Qayyim’s Theological Writing

First ṭāghūt Refutation: The Islamic Scriptures Produce Certain Knowledge

Second ṭāghūt Refutation: Revelation is the Provenance of Knowledge

Third ṭāghūt Refutation: Undermining the Theoretical Basis of majāz

Fourth ṭāghūt Refutation: Hadith Literature Produces Certainty

Conclusions

Back Matter

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-37251-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004372511 DOI