A Medieval Critique of Anthropomorphism

This Study Contains A Critical Edition Of Ibn Al-jawzī’s Kitāb Akhbār As-sifāt (kas) Along With An Annotated Translation And Introduction. Kas Is Primarily A Critique Of Anthropomorphic Conceptions Of God, Directed Against Fellow Hanbalis And Traditionalists Generally. It Sheds Important New Light On The Intellectual Fault-lines Within Medieval Hanbalism, And Reveals The Extent To Which Kalām Had Penetrated The School By The 12th Century.