Muhammad b. Masarra al-Jabali and his Place in Medieval Islamicate Intellectual History: Towards a Reappraisal
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2006
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Thesis/Dissertation
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154 p.
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Ibn Masarra; Medieval Andalusia; theurgy; letter magic; Pseudo-Empedocles
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Religious Studies
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English
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103-430-891
(Last edited on
2006/11/09 17:17:38 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
Muhammad b. `Abd Allah b. Masarra al-Jabali (269/883-319/931) has long been recognized as an important figure in Islamicate intellectual history, but the scholarly understanding of his place in that history has been largely based upon inadequate sources and unfounded conjecture. Since the mid-nineteenth century his primary significance was believed, on the slimmest evidence, to have been his introduction of Pseudo-Empedoclean philosophy into Andalusi and subsequently Latin European thought. Since the 1970s, however, many new sources have come to light which unequivocally disprove this notion and invite a fundamental reappraisal of his role in the history of medieval Islamicate thought. This thesis will contribute to that reappraisal by providing a detailed history of the modern scholarship, identifying the new sources – many of them hitherto unknown to have any relevance to the study of Ibn Masarra – and highlighting the relationship of the data derived from these new sources to the regnant scholarly profile of Ibn Masarra. While not the Empedoclean sage he was thought to be, it will be seen that Ibn Masarra did play an important role in the early development of Islamicate theurgy and in the emergence of Sufism in al-Andalus.
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