Rational theology in interfaith communication : Abu l-Husayn al-Basri's Mu'tazili theology among the Karaites in the Fatimid Age /

"The present study presents evidence that Abu l-Husayn's theology was immediately registered and controversially debated in the Karaite community under the Fatimid caliphate. The study is based on source material preserved in Genizahs and now dispersed in libraries around the world."-...

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Main Author: Madelung, Wilferd
Other Authors: Schmidtke, Sabine
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006
Leiden ; Boston : 2006
Series:Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, v. 5
Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 5
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Yūsuf al-Baṣīr's Refutation of Abu l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī's Proof for the existence of God
  • Excerpt from part two of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī's Maqdisiyāt
  • Excerpt from Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī's Book of intimation (Kitāb al-talwīḥ ilā l-tawḥīd wa l-ʻadl)
  • Excerpt from the Book of revision of the Book of Aristotle on metaphysics by Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī
  • Facsimiles
  • Introduction
  • Yūsuf al-Baṣīr's Refutation of Abu l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī's Proof for the existence of God
  • Excerpt from part two of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī's Maqdisiyāt
  • Excerpt from Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī's Book of intimation (Kitāb al-talwīḥ ilā l-tawḥīd wa l-ʻadl)
  • Excerpt from the Book of revision of the Book of Aristotle on metaphysics by Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī
  • Facsimiles