Ibn Hazm of Cordoba : the life and works of a controversial thinker / / edited by Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, Sabine Schmidtke.

• TeilnehmendeR: Adang, Camilla.; Fierro, Ma. Isabel; Schmidtke, Sabine.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 103.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (826 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume represents the state of the art in research on the controversial Muslim legal scholar, theologian and man of letters Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba (d. 456/1064), who is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds of Islamic Spain. Remembered mostly for his charming treatise on love, he was first and foremost a fierce polemicist who was much criticized for his idiosyncratic views and his abrasive language. Insisting that the sacred sources of Islam are to be understood in their outward sense and that it is only the Prophet Muḥammad whose example may be followed, Ibn Ḥazm alienated himself from his peers. As a result, his books were burned and he was forced to withdraw from public life. Contributors are: Camilla Adang, Hassan Ansari, Samuel-Martin Behloul, Alfonso Carmona, Leigh Chipman, Maribel Fierro, Alejandro García Sanjuán, Livnat Holtzman, Samir Kaddouri, Joep Lameer, Christian Lange, Gabriel Martinez Gros, Luis Molina, Salvador Peña, Jose Miguel Puerta Vilchez, Rafael Ramón Guerrero, Adam Sabra, Sabine Schmidtke, Delfina Serrano, Bruna Soravia, Dominique Urvoy, Kees Versteegh and David Wasserstein.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī Ibn Ḥazm: A Biographical Sketch / José Miguel Puerta Vílchez -- A Portrait of the ʿālim as a Young Man: The Formative Years of Ibn Ḥazm, 404/1013–420/1029 / Bruna Soravia -- Ibn Ḥazm and the Territory of Huelva: Personal and Family Relationships / Alejandro García Sanjuán -- Ibn Ḥazm and al-Andalus / David J. Wasserstein -- Ibn Ḥazm on History: A Few Remarks / Gabriel Martinez-Gros -- Ibn Ḥazm’s Literalism: A Critique of Islamic Legal Theory / Adam Sabra -- La doctrine sur l’exercice de la justice : Un exemple du désaccord entre Ibn Ḥazm et les mālikites / Alfonso Carmona González -- Claim (Daʿwā) or Complaint (Shakwā)? Ibn Ḥazm’s and Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ’s Doctrines on Accusations of Rape / Delfina Serrano -- Ibn Maḍāʾ as a Ẓāhirī Grammarian / Kees Versteegh -- Which Curiosity? Ibn Ḥazm’s Suspicion of Grammarians / Salvador Peña -- Art and Aesthetics in the Work of Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba / José Miguel Puerta Vílchez -- Ibn Ḥazm’s Sources on Ashʿarism and Muʿtazilism / Sabine Schmidtke -- Aristotle and Ibn Ḥazm. On the Logic of the Taqrīb / Rafael Ramón Guerrero -- Ibn Ḥazm’s Logical Pedigree / Joep Lameer -- Ibn Ḥazm on Sins and Salvation / Christian Lange -- The Testimony of Reason and the Historical Reality: Ibn Ḥazm’s Refutation of Christianity / Martin-Samuel Behloul -- Le sens de la polémique anti-biblique chez Ibn Ḥazm / Dominique Urvoy -- Ibn Ḥazm and the Jewish zindīq / Maribel Fierro -- Shurayḥ al-Ruʿaynī and the Transmission of the Works of Ibn Ḥazm / Camilla Adang -- Refutations of Ibn Ḥazm by Mālikī Authors from al-Andalus and North-Africa / Samir Kaddouri -- Elements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Systematic Reading of Ibn Ḥazm / Livnat Holtzman -- Ibn Ḥazm selon certains savants shīʿites / Hassan Ansari -- The Reception of Ibn Ḥazm in Arabic Chronicles / Luis Molina -- Inventory of Ibn Ḥazm’s Works / José Miguel Puerta Vílchez -- Ibn Ḥazm—Bibliography of Secondary Sources / Leigh Chipman -- Index of Names -- Index of Groups -- Index of Places.