The Life of Ibn Hanbal - Couverture souple

Al-Jawzī, Ibn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479805300 ISBN 13 : 9781479805303

Editeur : New York University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal is a translation of the biography of Ibn Hanbal by the Baghdad preacher, scholar, and storyteller Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1200), newly abridged for a paperback readership by translator Michael Cooperson.

Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241/855), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths--the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds--is a major figure in the history of Islam. He was famous for living according to his own strict interpretation of the Prophetic model and for denying himself the most basic comforts, even though his family was prominent and his city, Baghdad, was then one of the wealthiest in the world. Ibn Ḥanbal's piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after he resisted the attempts of two caliphs to force him to accept rationalist doctrine. His subsequent imprisonment and flogging is one of the most dramatic episodes of medieval Islamic history, and his principled resistance influenced the course of Islamic law, the rise of Sunnism, and the legislative authority of the caliphate.

Set against the background of fierce debates over the role of reason and the basis of legitimate government, The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history.

An English-only edition.

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À propos des auteurs

Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) was a Baghdadi storyteller, preacher, and prolific Islamic scholar associated with the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought. He is well known for his exegeses of the Qurʾan and Hadith, including his famous compendium, Al-Taḥqīq.

Michael Cooperson is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. His translations include The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal by Ibn al-Jawzī for the Library of Arabic Literature, and The Author and His Doubles by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.

Garth Fowden is the Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths at the University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479805300
• ISBN 13: 9781479805303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
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• Personne responsable: non disponible