Freethinkers of Medieval Islam - Ibn Al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr Al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought

This book studies the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, as exemplified in the figures of Ibn al-R?wand? and Ab? Bakr al-R?z?. It reconstructs their thought and analyzes the relations of the phenomenon to Islamic prophetology and its repercussions in Islamic thought.

About the author

Sarah Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1984), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is currently a professor of Arabic and Jewish thought. She has published extensively on medieval intellectual history in Arabic, especially on Judeo-Arabic thought, including, most recently, The Beginnings of the Maimonidean Controversy in the East (Jerusalem, 1999).

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Stroumsa
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9789004113749
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11374-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 244 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 621 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous