A Study in Early Māturīdite Theology

Abū l-Yusr al-Bazdawī (d. 493/1100) and His Discourse on God’s Speech

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ID14594741
AuthorsSheridan Polinsky (0000-0003-2546-9342, Department of Religions and Cultures, Concordia University Montréal Canada, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue1-2
Pages63-107
Publication date2022-03-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOriens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0078-6527 • E-ISSN: 1877-8372
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/18778372-12340013
OpenAlexW4220758184
LanguageEN
References cited15

Abū l-Yusr al-Bazdawī (d. 493/1100) was a notable early Māturīdite theologian who made an important contribution to the formation of his school by embracing kalām and promoting the image of al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) as a Sunnite leader when the science was not yet popular in his region of Transoxania. This produced some tension in his thought as he negotiated rationalist and traditionalist doctrines and their adherents. Indications of this are found in his discussion of God’s speech in which he argues for the Sunnite doctrine of eternal divine speech while effectively affirming the createdness of scriptures; at the same time, he defends those who assert the uncreatedness of the Quran and maintains that God’s speech is truly written, memorized, recited, and heard

Art · Doctrine · Linguistics · Literature · Speech act · Theology · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies

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