Ibn Hazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker (Handbook of Oriental Studies) (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 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. Biographical note 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 Ḥazm and the Ẓāhirī 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. Readership 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. Reviews "Ce n’est pas un livre, ni même un ouvrage collectif, c’est une véritable encyclopédie sur Ibn Ḥazm, un des plus grands penseurs du monde musulman médiéval, qu’ont élaborée C. Adang, M. Fierro et S. Schmidtke... On l’aura compris, la qualité des articles composant cet ouvrage, leur complémentarité, la rigueur de l’édition, la diversité des thèmes abordés par les meilleurs spécialistes contemporains de l’homme, de son oeuvre, de sa pensée et de son époque font d’Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba une somme où les étudiants trouveront un modèle historiographique, les chercheurs un outil irremplaçable et toute personne intéressée par la pensée musulmane dans son ensemble des informations passionnantes." Pascal Buresi in Arabica, Volume 61, Issue 5, 2014 "This volume offers a wealth of information to help us connect the dots on the thought of a controversial and complex figure — on his context but also his motives and, most significantly, how he fits into the overall legacy of Islam." Paul L. Heck in The Marginalia Review of Books , October 21, 2013. Table of contents Preface and Acknowledgements, Camilla ADANG, Maribel FIERRO, Sabine SCHMIDTKE Part One: Life and Times of Ibn Ḥazm Ibn Ḥazm: A Biographical Sketch, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ 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 WASSERSTEIN Ibn Ḥazm and history, Gabriel MARTINEZ-GROS Part Two: Legal Aspects Ibn Ḥazm’s Literalism: A Critique of Islamic Legal Theory, Adam SABRA Ibn Ḥazm et les condition d’aptitude pour être juge, Alfonso CARMONA GONZÁLEZ Ibn Ḥazm’s doctrine on rape and its impact both in Mālikī jurisprudence and in contemporary legislation regarding sexual mores, Delfina SERRANO Part Three: Ẓāhirī Linguistics Ibn Maḍāʾ al-Qurṭubī as a Ẓāhirī linguist, Kees VERSTEEGH Which curiosity? Ibn Ḥazm’s suspicion of grammarians ,Salvador PEÑA MARTIN Part Four: Art and Aesthetics Art and aesthetics in the work of Ibn Ḥazm ,José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ Part Five: Theology, Philosophy and Ethics Ibn Ḥazm’s sources on Muʿtazilism and Ashʿarism, Sabine SCHMIDTKE Aristotle and Ibn Ḥazm. On logic of the Taqrīb, Rafael RAMÓN GUERRERO Ibn Ḥazm’s logical pedigree, Joep LAMEER Ibn Ḥazm on Sins and Salvation, Christian LANGE Part Six: Interreligious Polemics 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 Part Seven: Reception The early 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 On the use of Ibn Ḥazm’s Jamhara and Naqt in Arabic chronicles, Luis MOLINA Part Eight: Bibliography Inventory of Ibn Ḥazm’s Works: Editions and translations, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZ Ibn Ḥazm – Bibliography of Secondary Sources, Leigh CHIPMAN List of contributors Index Contents 5 List of Illustrations 9 Preface and Acknowledgements 11 Map of al-Andalus 13 List of Contributors 15 Part I Life and Times of Ibn Ḥazm 23 Abū Muḥammad 'Alī Ibn Ḥazm: A Biographical Sketch 25 A Portrait of the 'ālim as a Young Man: The Formative Years of Ibn Ḥazm, 404/1013–420/1029 47 Ibn Ḥazm and the Territory of Huelva: Personal and Family Relationships 73 Ibn Ḥazm and al-Andalus 91 Ibn Ḥazm on History: A Few Remarks 109 Part II Legal Aspects 117 Ibn Ḥazm’s Literalism: A Critique of Islamic Legal Theory 119 La doctrine sur l’exercice de la justice : Un exemple du désaccord entre Ibn Ḥazm et les mālikites 183 Claim (Da'wā) or Complaint (Shakwā)? Ibn Ḥazm’s and Qāḍī 'Iyāḍ’s Doctrines on Accusations of Rape 201 Part III Ẓāhirī Linguistics 227 Ibn Maḍā' as a Ẓāhirī Grammarian 229 Which Curiosity? Ibn Ḥazm’s Suspicion of Grammarians 255 Part IV Art and Aesthetics 273 Art and Aesthetics in the Work of Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba 275 Part V Theology, Philosophy and Ethics 395 Ibn Ḥazm’s Sources on Ash'arism and Mu'tazilism 397 Aristotle and Ibn Ḥazm. On the Logic of the Taqrīb 425 Ibn Ḥazm’s Logical Pedigree 439 Ibn Ḥazm on Sins and Salvation 451 Part VI Interreligious Polemics 477 The Testimony of Reason and Historical Reality: Ibn Ḥazm’s Refutation of Christianity 479 Le sens de la polémique anti-biblique chez Ibn Ḥazm 507 Ibn Ḥazm and the Jewish ZindĪq 519 Part VII Reception 533 Shurayḥ al-Ru'aynī and the Transmission of the Works of Ibn Ḥazm 535 Refutations of Ibn Ḥazm by Mālikī Authors from al-Andalus and North-Africa 561 Elements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Systematic Reading of Ibn Ḥazm 623 Ibn Ḥazm selon certains savants shī'ites 667 The Reception of Ibn Ḥazm in Arabic Chronicles 685 Part VIII Bibliography 703 Inventory of Ibn Ḥazm’s Works 705 Ibn Ḥazm—Bibliography of Secondary Sources 783 Index of Names 811 Index of Groups 823 Index of Places 825 This volume represents the state of the art in research on the controversial Muslim legal scholar, theologian and man of letters Ibn azm 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 azm 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 Garc a Sanju n, Livnat Holtzman, Samir Kaddouri, Joep Lameer, Christian Lange, Gabriel Martinez Gros, Luis Molina, Salvador Pe a, Jose Miguel Puerta Vilchez, Rafael Ram n Guerrero, Adam Sabra, Sabine Schmidtke, Delfina Serrano, Bruna Soravia, Dominique Urvoy, Kees Versteegh and David Wasserstein. "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 Muḥammad 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"_Contracub