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Edited by Camilla Adang, Tel Aviv University, Maribel Fierro, CSIC, Madrid and Sabine Schmidtke, Freie Universität BerlinThis 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 of Islam are to be understood in their outward sense and that it is only the Prophet Muḥammad whose example may be followed, Ibn Ḥazm alienated himself from his peers. As a result, his books were burned and he was forced to withdraw from public life.Contributors are: Camilla Adang, Hassan Ansari, Samuel-Martin Behloul, Alfonso Carmona, Leigh Chipman, Maribel Fierro, Alejandro García Sanjuán, Livnat Holtzman, Samir Kaddouri, Joep Lameer, Christian Lange, Gabriel Martinez Gros, Luis Molina, Salvador Peña, Jose Miguel Puerta Vilchez, Rafael Ramón Guerrero, Adam Sabra, Sabine Schmidtke, Delfina Serrano, Bruna Soravia, Dominique Urvoy, Kees Versteegh and David Wasserstein.Table of contentsPreface and Acknowledgements, Camilla ADANG, Maribel FIERRO, Sabine SCHMIDTKEPart One: Life and Times of Ibn ḤazmIbn Ḥazm: A Biographical Sketch, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZA portrait of the ʿālim as a young man: The formative years of Ibn Ḥazm, 404/1013-420/1029, Bruna SORAVIAIbn Ḥazm and the territory of Huelva: Personal and family relationships, Alejandro GARCÍA SANJUÁNIbn Ḥazm and al-Andalus, David WASSERSTEINIbn Ḥazm and history, Gabriel MARTINEZ-GROSPart Two: Legal AspectsIbn Ḥazm’s Literalism: A Critique of Islamic Legal Theory, Adam SABRAIbn Ḥazm et les condition d’aptitude pour être juge, Alfonso CARMONA GONZÁLEZIbn Ḥazm’s doctrine on rape and its impact both in Mālikī jurisprudence and in contemporary legislation regarding sexual mores, Delfina SERRANOPart Three: Ẓāhirī LinguisticsIbn Maḍāʾ al-Qurṭubī as a Ẓāhirī linguist, Kees VERSTEEGHWhich curiosity? Ibn Ḥazm’s suspicion of grammarians, Salvador PEÑA MARTINPart Four: Art and AestheticsArt and aesthetics in the work of Ibn Ḥazm , José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZPart Five: Theology, Philosophy and EthicsIbn Ḥazm’s sources on Muʿtazilism and Ashʿarism, Sabine SCHMIDTKEAristotle and Ibn Ḥazm. On logic of the Taqrīb, Rafael RAMÓN GUERREROIbn Ḥazm’s logical pedigree , Joep LAMEERIbn Ḥazm on Sins and Salvation, Christian LANGEPart Six: Interreligious PolemicsThe Testimony of Reason and the Historical Reality: Ibn Ḥazm’s Refutation of Christianity, Martin-Samuel BEHLOULLe sens de la polémique anti-biblique chez Ibn Ḥazm, Dominique URVOYIbn Ḥazm and the Jewish zindīq, Maribel FIERROPart Seven: ReceptionThe early transmission of the works of Ibn Ḥazm, Camilla ADANGRefutations of Ibn Ḥazm by Mālikī authors from al-Andalus and North-Africa, Samir KADDOURIElements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Systematic Reading of Ibn Ḥazm, Livnat HOLTZMANIbn Ḥazm selon certains savants shīʿites, Hassan ANSARIOn the use of Ibn Ḥazm’s Jamhara and Naqt in Arabic chronicles, Luis MOLINAPart Eight: BibliographyInventory of Ibn Ḥazm’s Works: Editions and translations, José Miguel PUERTA VILCHEZIbn Ḥazm – Bibliography of Secondary Sources, Leigh CHIPMANList of contributorsIndexISBN13: 9789004234246Planned Publication Date: December 2012Edition info: 1Version: HardbackPublication Type: BookPages, Illustrations: Approx. 934 pp. (wit 5 ill.)Imprint: BRILLLanguage: English+ infos: http://www.brill.nl/ibn-azm-cordoba