LEADER 04922nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910966155403321 005 20251116231258.0 010 $a1-281-39942-6 010 $a9786611399429 010 $a1-4356-5782-9 010 $a90-474-2551-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536156 035 $a(OCoLC)290559012 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10234855 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185968 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214870 035 $a(PQKB)10061451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004129 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004129 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10234855 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL139942 035 $a(OCoLC)923613586 035 $a(BIP)46034490 035 $a(BIP)13535696 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536156 100 $a20070202d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRational theology in interfaith communication $eAbu l-Husayn al-Basri's Mu'tazili theology among the Karaites in the Fatimid Age /$fby Wilferd Madelung and Sabine Schmidtke 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 225 1 $aJerusalem studies in religion and culture,$x1570-078X ;$vv. 5 300 $aWith Arabic original texts. 311 08$a90-04-15177-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Yusuf al-Basir's Refutation of Abu l-Husayn al-Basri's Proof for the existence of God -- Excerpt from part two of Sahl b. al-Fadl al-Tustari's Maqdisiyat -- Excerpt from Sahl b. al-Fadl al-Tustari's Book of intimation (Kitab al-talwih ila l-tawhid wa l-adl) -- Excerpt from the Book of revision of the Book of Aristotle on metaphysics by Sahl b. al-Fadl al-Tustari -- Facsimiles. 330 $aRational speculative theology (kalam) in early Islam was represented most distinctly by the theological school of the Mu'tazila. Founded in Basra in the early 8th century, the school soon became predominant in theological scholarship and discourse and remained so until the early 11th century. The Mu'tazila held that the basic truths of theology, such as the existence of God and the nature of His attributes and justice, are entirely subject to rational proof without the benefit of scriptural revelation. Only after these basic truths have been established can the veracity of scripture be proved by reason, and the primacy of reason must also maintained in the interpretation of scripture. Mu'tazili theology naturally appealed to rationally inclined theologians of other scriptural religions and provided a suitable basis for inter-faith communication in the Islamic world. In Judaism Mu'tazili thought was adopted to varying degrees from the 9th century on and reached a peak during the tenth century. The Mu'tazili world view and rational theology was facing increasing competition and criticism from philosophy of Greek origin, which claimed to provide the only scientific world view based on cogent logical demonstration independent of religious beliefs. Study of the philosophical sciences was mostly shunned in religious scholarship, but was an integral part of the education of the medical profession. Among Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar's disciples in Rayy was for some time a young physician trained in the philosophical sciences, Abu l-Husayn al-Basri (d. 1044), who challenged some of his teaching in his lectures and went on to compose a massive critical review of the arguments and proofs used in kalam. His theological works were generally ignored among the Mu'tazila and handed down among students of medicine. Only a century later, his teaching was revived and espoused by the Mu'tazili scholar Mahmud b. al-Malahimi in Khorezm in Central Asia and gained recognition as a school of Mu'tazili theology. 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. 410 0$aJerusalem studies in religion and culture ;$vv. 5. 606 $aIslam$xDoctrines 606 $aMotazilites 606 $aKaraites 606 $aIslam$xRelations$xJudaism 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam 615 0$aIslam$xDoctrines. 615 0$aMotazilites. 615 0$aKaraites. 615 0$aIslam$xRelations$xJudaism. 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam. 676 $a297.2/0434092 700 $aMadelung$b Wilferd$01862885 701 $aSchmidtke$b Sabine$01095763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966155403321 996 $aRational theology in interfaith communication$94470954 997 $aUNINA