Research Catalog

Title

Beyond Schools : Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) epistemology of ambiguity / by Damaris Wilmers.

Author

Wilmers, Damaris

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Details

Description

x, 396 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

In Beyond Schools: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity, Damaris Wilmers provides the first extensive analysis of Ibn al-Wazīr's thought and its role in the "Sunnisation of the Zaydiyya", emphasizing its significance for conflicts between schools of thought and law beyond the Yemeni context. Contrasting Ibn al-Wazīr's works with those of his Zaydi contemporary Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. al-Murtaḍā, Damaris Wilmers offers a study of a number of heretofore unedited texts from 9th/15th century Yemen when Zaydi identity was challenged by an increasing theological and legal diversity. She shows how Ibn al-Wazīr, who has been classed with different schools, actually de-emphasized school affiliation and developed an integrative approach based on a unique theory of knowledge.

Series Statement

Islamic history and civilization, studies and texts ; volume 154

Uniform Title

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 154.

Alternative Title

Muhammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) epistemology of ambiguity

Subject

• Ibn al-Wazīr, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, 1373 or 1374-1436
• Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1363-1437
• Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
• God (Islam)
• Ijtihād (Islamic law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Life and intellectual environment of ibn al-Wazir and ibn al-Murtada -- Ahmad b. Yahya b. al-Murtada (d. 840/1436) as a scholar -- Central concepts of Ibn al-Wazir's epistemological thought -- The argument from the absence of evidence (al-istidlal bi-l-'adam).

Call Number

JFE 19-542

ISBN

• 9789004378353
• 9004378359

LCCN

• 2018030043
• 40028628321

OCLC

1043307581

Author

Wilmers, Damaris, author.

Title

Beyond Schools : Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) epistemology of ambiguity / by Damaris Wilmers.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Islamic history and civilization, studies and texts ; volume 154

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 154.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Wilmers, Damaris, author. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Wazir's (d. 8401436) epistemology of ambiguity Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2018 9789004381117 (DLC) 2018031982

Other Standard Identifier

40028628321

Research Call Number

JFE 19-542