The theology of Abū l-Qāsim al-Balkhī/al-Kaʿbī (d. 319/931)
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The theology of Abū l-Qāsim al-Balkhī/al-Kaʿbī (d. 319/931)
（Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 99）
Brill, c2016
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Bibliography: p. [199]-210
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This is the first comprehensive monograph on the theology of Abu l-Qasim al-Ka'bi al-Balkhi (d. 319/931), a leading Mu'tazili who flourished at the end of the Baghdadi school and at the beginning of the scholastic phase of Mu'tazili history. The study of al-Ka'bi's theology has been hindered by historiographical barriers: the fragmentary nature of extant articles, and the difficulties of reconstructing their contexts. This work investigates the twofold challenge of recovering al-Ka'bi's theology on the basis of a source-critical reconstruction of major extant fragments. One result of this study positions al-Ka'bi's theology as influenced less by the precepts of a Baghdadi school, and guided more by his individual views and affinity for earlier independent Mu'tazili positions. Another result not only corroborates al-Ka'bi's previously noted contributions in epistemology and cosmology, but also argues for their centrality to his theology as a whole.
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