A Jewish reply to Ibn Hazm: Solomon b. Adret's polemic against Islam

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Abstract

In the year 1863, Joseph Perles published a collection of short Hebrew tracts by the Barcelonan rabbi Solomon b. Adret (d. 1310 CE).¹ One of them turned out to be a belated reply to the arguments that had been raised by the famous Muslim writer Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba (d. 456/1064) against Judaism more than two hundred years earlier. It is this tract that forms the topic of the present chapter. After some general remarks about the author, his tract, and its significance, I shall present extensive sections from Ibn Adret’s polemic.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJudíos y musulmanes en al-Andalus y el Magreb
Subtitle of host publicationcontactos intelectuales, seminario celebrado en la Casa de Velasquez (20-21 de febrero de 1997)
EditorsMaría Isabel Fierro
Place of PublicationMadrid
PublisherCasa de Velazquez
Pages179-209
Number of pages31
ISBN (Print)8495555239
StatePublished - 2002

Publication series

NameJudios en tierras de Islam
Volume1

RAMBI Publications

  • rambi
  • Adret, Solomon ben Abraham -- 1235-1310
  • Ibn Ḥazm, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad -- 994-1064
  • Islam -- Relations -- Judaism
  • Jews -- Spain
  • Judaism -- Relations -- Islam
  • Polemics -- History

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