Early Ibāḍī theology : six kalām texts
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Early Ibāḍī theology : six kalām texts
（Islamic history and civilization, v. 106）
Brill, c2014
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Early Ibad i Theology presents the critical edition of six Arabic theological texts recently discovered in two manuscripts in Mzab in Algeria dating from the middle of the 8th century. The texts were sent by their author, the prominent Kufan Ibad i kalam theologian 'Abd Allah b. Yazid al-Fazari to North Africa where he had a large following in the Ibad i community later known as the Nukkar. They constitute the earliest extant body of Muslim kalam theology and are vital for the study of the initial development of rational theology in Islam. The sophisticated treatment of the divine attributes in these texts indicates that this subject developed considerably earlier in Islamic theology than previously accepted in modern scholarship.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Arabic Texts
1. Kitab al-Qadar (Book of Predetermination)
2. Kitab fi l-radd 'ala Ibn 'Umayr (Book on Refutation of Ibn 'Umayr)
3. Kitab al-radd 'ala al-Mujassima (Book of Refutation of the Corporalists)
4. Kitab al-Futya (Book of Legal Opinion)
5. Kitab al-Tawh id fi ma'rifat Allah (Book of Monotheism in the Recognition of God)
6. Kitab fi man raja'a 'an 'ilmih wa-faraqa al-nabi wa-huwa 'ala dinih (Book about Whoever Reneges on his Knowledge and Departs from the Prophet while remaining in his Religion)
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