Ibn Kammuna

Life

Overall, about Ibn Kammūnas life very little is known. He was born in the beginning of the 13th century and has a long time of his life in the former cultural capital Baghdad lived and worked. In 1284 it became known that Ibn Kammūna criticized in his " study of the three religions," Islam and the divine mission of Mohammed had doubted. It came as the Arab historian Ibn al - Fuwati reported to unrest in Baghdad. Ibn Kammūna was sentenced in absentia to death at the stake, but escaped to his son in Hilla, where he probably died.

Works

His best-known work today is the 1280 resulting comparison of religions " study of the three religions " ( Tanqih al - abhath li - l - milal al - thalath ). Herein compares and judges, in his own words, only by the standards of reason, the prophecy of the three great religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is trying not to discredit a religion by polemics, but to point by means of reason contradictions that contain these religions from his point of view. The special feature of his work is that he picks up old and frequently used arguments and tried to free them from emotional and polemical elements. Thus, his work is unique within the medieval religious polemic.

Writings

  • Ibn Kammūna: Examination of the Three Faiths Translated by Moshe Perlmann, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1971
  • Kammūna Ibn Al - Sharh al - fi Tanqihat Talwihat. Refinement and commentary on Suhrawardi 's Intimations. A Thirteenth Century Text on Natural Philosophy and Psychology. Eds. Hossein ZIAI and Ahmed Alwishah. Costa Mesa, California 2003
  • Leon Nemoy (ed. ): The Arabic Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul by Sa'd ibn Mansur ibn Kammuna (XIII century). Facsimile Reproduction of the Only Known Manuscript ( Cod Landsberg 510, fol. 58-70 ) in the Yale University Library. With a Bibliographical note. New Haven 1944

Investigations

Reza & Sabine Schmidtke Pourjavady: A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad. ' Izz al - Dawla Ibn Kammuna (d. 683/1284 ) and his writings, Leiden: Brill, 2006 ( Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, 65 )

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