Signs of Skepticism in Early Abbasid Literature: The Case of al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/869)
The well-known littérateur, al-Jāḥiẓ, was heavily invested in the theological controversies of his time. A chief object of dispute was anthropomorphism (tashbīh). For al-Jāḥiẓ, who had great confidence in the mind to discover all truths and also in the language of the Arabs to express these truths w...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 220-244 |
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Anthropomorphism (tashbīh)
Arabic literature
Islamic theology
pedagogy
polemics
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