The Formation of Hanbalism: Piety Into Power

ISBN-13: 9780415616416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str.

Nimrod Hurvitz

Opis

Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law, and an influential intellectual who led the Baghdadi masses during the Inquisition. The main theme of this study is Ibn Hanbal's prestige and the political power that generated.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Transliteration and Dates Introduction Part I: Private Life 1. Forefathers and Family 2. Childhood and Learning 3. Private Acts and Social Meaning Part II. The Formation of the Hanbali School 4. Bonds of Friendship and Learning 5. Zuhd - Social Critique and Group Identity 6. Jurisprudence and Madhhab Formation Part III. Mihna 7. The Inquisitors 8. The Interrogation 9. The Aftermath Epilogue Notes Bibliography Indexes

O autorze

Nimrod Hurvitz teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University, Israel.