276 Pages

Al- Jāḥiẓ

Part One Intellectual History: Critical Concepts

Al-Jāḥiẓ and Early Muʿtazilī Theology Josef van Ess (Tübingen)

Part Two Language, Literature and Communication

The Place of al-Jāḥiẓ in the Arabic Philological Tradition Ramzi Baalbaki (American University of Beirut)

Al-Jāḥiẓ, Adab, and the Art of the Essay Peter Heath (American University of Beirut)

Part Three Texts and Works

Lessons from the Past: Piety, Leadership, and Good Governance in the Risālat al-ʿUthmāniyya Asma Afsaruddin (University of Notre Dame)

Al-Jāḥiẓ, the Misers, and the Proto-Sunnī Ascetics Michael Cooperson (University of California, Los Angeles)

Orient-Institut Beirut Beiruter Texte Und Studien