Frank, Richard M.

Philosophy, theology and mysticism in medieval Islam. vol. 1, Texts and studies on the development and history of kalam / Richard M. Frank ; edited by Dimitri Gutas. - Aldershot, Great Britain ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum, ., 2005. - 1 volume (various pagings) ; 23 cm. - Variorum collected studies series ; CS833 . - Collected studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword; Autobiographical note; Some fragments of Ishaq's translation of the De anima; Some textual notes on the Oriental versions of Themistius' paraphrase of Book I of the Metaphysics; The origin of the Arabic philosophical term 'anniya; The use of the Enneads by John of Scythopolis; Remarks on the early development of the kalam; Reason and revealed law, a sample of parallels and divergences in kalam and falsafa; Currents and counter currents [in the Mu'tazila, Ash'arites and al-Ghazali]; The neoplatonism of Jahm ibn Safwan; Al-Ghazali on taqlid: scholars, theologians, and philosophers; Al-Ghazali's use of Avicenna's philosophy; Meanings are spoken of in many ways: the earlier Arab grammarians; 'Lam yazal' as a formal term in Muslim theological discourse; Two short dogmatic works of abu l-Qasim al-Qushayri, part 1: Luma' al-i'tiqad; part 2: al-Fusul fi l-usul; Index.

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