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

• Superior document: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 65
• Author: Pourjavady, Reza.
• TeilnehmendeR: Schmidtke, Sabine.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 65.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Notes: Includes editions of 9 texts by Ibn Kammuna, in Arabic.

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.

Table of 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.