The Theology of Abū l-Qāsim al-Balkhī/al-

Kaʿbī (d. 319/931)

Author: Racha el Omari

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the theology of Abū l-

Qāsim al-Kaʿbī al-Balkhī (d. 319/931), a leading Muʿtazilī who flourished
at the end of the Baghdādī school and at the beginning of the scholastic
phase of Muʿtazilī history. The study of al-Kaʿbī’s theology has been
hindered by historiographical barriers: the fragmentary nature of extant
articles, and the difficulties of reconstructing their contexts. This work
investigates the twofold challenge of recovering al-Kaʿbī’s theology on
the basis of a source-critical reconstruction of major extant fragments.
One result of this study positions al-Kaʿbī’s theology as influenced less Publication Date: 08 Apr 2016
by the precepts of a Baghdādī school, and guided more by his individual Pages: xiv, 224 pp.
views and affinity for earlier independent Muʿtazilī positions. Another Language: English
result not only corroborates al-Kaʿbī’s previously noted contributions in
Subjects: Philosophy, Theology
epistemology and cosmology, but also argues for their centrality to his
& Science, Middle East and
theology as a whole.
Islamic Studies, Religion,
Middle East and Islamic Studies
Readership Publisher: Brill
All interested in the history of Muʿtazilism, dialectical theology ( ʿim al-
Series:
kalām), Islamic intellectual history, and the formative period of Islamic
Islamic Philosophy, Theology
thought.
and Science. Texts and Studies,
Volume: 99
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