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

• Author: Ovadia, Miriam.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 104.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (331 pages).

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.

Table of 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.