Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker

by Camilla Adang

This volume represents the state of the art in research on the controversial Muslim legal scholar, theologian and man of letters Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba (d. 456/1064), who is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds of Islamic Spain. Remembered mostly for his charming treatise on love, he was first and foremost a fierce polemicist who was much criticized for his idiosyncratic views and his abrasive language. Insisting that the sacred sources...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004234241
• ISBN13: 9789004234246
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 828 Pages
• Weight: 3.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"