Ibn 'Aqil: Religion and Culture in Classical Islam - Hardcover

Makdisi, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748609601 ISBN 13: 9780748609604

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This biography of the Muslim scholastic and humanist Ibn 'Aqil (A.H. 431-513/ A.D. 1040-1119) sheds light on one of the most important periods of classical Islam, one which has had a significant impact on religious and intellectual culture in the Christian Latin West.

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Review:

Professor Makdisi's distinguished reputation in his field will already be known.With this book on Ibn 'Aqil he has done it again. This will be thedefinitive work on the subject for the next fifty years... a remarkabletext of deep erudition and sweeping range. -- Professor Ian Richard Netton, University of Leeds Professor Makdisi's distinguished reputation in his field will already be known.With this book on Ibn 'Aqil he has done it again. This will be thedefinitive work on the subject for the next fifty years... a remarkabletext of deep erudition and sweeping range.

About the Author:

George Makdisi is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies: Islam, Byzantium, and the Latin West, University of Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0748609601
• ISBN 13: 9780748609604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288