Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) epistemology of ambiguity /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Damaris Wilmers.
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Boston :
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BRILL,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
SERIES
Series Title
Islamic history and civilization : studies and texts,
Volume Designation
volume 154
ISSN of Series
0929-2403 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In Beyond Schools: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr's (d. 840/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity, Damaris Wilmers provides the first extensive analysis of Ibn al-Wazīr's thought and its role in the "Sunnisation of the Zaydiyya", emphasizing its significance for conflicts between schools of thought and law beyond the Yemeni context. Contrasting Ibn al-Wazīr's works with those of his Zaydi contemporary Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. al-Murtaḍā, Damaris Wilmers offers a study of a number of heretofore unedited texts from 9th/15th century Yemen when Zaydi identity was challenged by an increasing theological and legal diversity. She shows how Ibn al-Wazīr, who has been classed with different schools, actually de-emphasized school affiliation and developed an integrative approach based on a unique theory of knowledge.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Wazir's epistemology of ambiguity
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ibn al-Murtaḍá, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá,1363-1437
Ibn al-Wazīr, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm,1373 or 1374-1436