Rational theology in interfaith communication : Abu l-Husayn al-Basri's Mu'tazili theology among the Karaites in the Fatimid Age /

"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."-...

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Main Author: Madelung, Wilferd
Other Authors: Schmidtke, Sabine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Series:Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 5.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:"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."--Jacket
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
EBSCO eBook Religion Collection Worldwide
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 144 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781435657823
1435657829
ISSN:1570-078X ;