Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba

The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-23424-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 103, 828 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1479 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

This volume represents the state of the art in research on the controversial Muslim legal scholar, theologian and man of letters Ibn Hazm 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 Muhammad whose example may be followed, Ibn Hazm 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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Islamic intellectual history (Arabists and Historians), the history of al-Andalus, the history of the Iberian Peninsula during Middle Ages, the history of Islamic theology and law, as well as interreligious relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adang, Camilla

Fierro, Maribel

Schmidtke, Sabine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements, Camilla ADANG, Maribel FIERRO, Sabine SCHMIDTKE

Part One: Life and Times of Ibn Hazm
Ibn Hazm: A Biographical Sketch, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ
A portrait of the 'alim as a young man: The formative years of Ibn Hazm, 404/1013-420/1029, Bruna SORAVIA
Ibn Hazm and the territory of Huelva: Personal and family relationships, Alejandro GARCÍA SANJUÁN
Ibn Hazm and al-Andalus, David WASSERSTEIN
Ibn Hazm and history, Gabriel MARTINEZ-GROS

Part Two: Legal Aspects
Ibn Hazm's Literalism: A Critique of Islamic Legal Theory, Adam SABRA
Ibn Hazm et les condition d’aptitude pour être juge, Alfonso CARMONA GONZÁLEZ
Ibn Hazm's doctrine on rape and its impact both in Maliki jurisprudence and in contemporary legislation regarding sexual mores, Delfina SERRANO

Part Three: Zahiri Linguistics
Ibn Mada' al-Qurtubi as a Zahiri linguist, Kees VERSTEEGH
Which curiosity? Ibn Hazm's suspicion of grammarians, Salvador PEÑA MARTIN

Part Four: Art and Aesthetics
Art and aesthetics in the work of Ibn Hazm, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ

Part Five: Theology, Philosophy and Ethics
Ibn Hazm's sources on Mu'tazilism and Ash'arism, Sabine SCHMIDTKE
Aristotle and Ibn Hazm. On logic of the Taqrib, Rafael RAMÓN GUERRERO
Ibn Hazm's logical pedigree, Joep LAMEER
Ibn Hazm on Sins and Salvation, Christian LANGE

Part Six: Interreligious Polemics
The Testimony of Reason and the Historical Reality: Ibn Hazm's Refutation of Christianity, Martin-Samuel BEHLOUL
Le sens de la polémique anti-biblique chez Ibn Hazm, Dominique URVOY
Ibn Hazm and the Jewish zindiq, Maribel FIERRO

Part Seven: Reception
The early transmission of the works of Ibn Hazm, Camilla ADANG
Refutations of Ibn Hazm by Maliki authors from al-Andalus and North-Africa, Samir KADDOURI
Elements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Systematic Reading of Ibn Hazm, Livnat HOLTZMAN
Ibn Hazm selon certains savants shi'ites, Hassan ANSARI
On the use of Ibn Hazm's Jamhara and Naqt in Arabic chronicles, Luis MOLINA

Part Eight: Bibliography
Inventory of Ibn Hazm's Works: Editions and translations, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ
Ibn Hazm – Bibliography of Secondary Sources, Leigh CHIPMAN

List of contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fierro, Maribel
Maribel Fierro is Research Professor at the Centre of Human and Social Sciences at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC – Spain). Her research focuses on the religious and intellectual history of al-Andalus and the Islamic West, and on Islamic law.

Adang, Camilla
Camilla Adang is Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Her fields of specialization are interreligious contacts and classical Islamic thought. She has written extensively on Ibn Hazm and the Zahiri school.

Schmidtke, Sabine
Sabine Schmidtke is Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World at Freie Universität Berlin. She has published extensively on Islamic and Jewish intellectual history.

Camilla Adang is Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Her fields of specialization are interreligious contacts and classical Islamic thought. She has written extensively on Ibn Hazm and the Zahiri school.

Maribel Fierro is Research Professor at the Centre of Human and Social Sciences at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC – Spain). Her research focuses on the religious and intellectual history of al-Andalus and the Islamic West, and on Islamic law.

Sabine Schmidtke is Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World at Freie Universität Berlin. She has published extensively on Islamic and Jewish intellectual history.