SA‘ĪD B. ḤASAN, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES THROUGH THE PRISM OF MASĀLIK AL-NAẒAR Cover Image
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SA‘ĪD B. ḤASAN, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES THROUGH THE PRISM OF MASĀLIK AL-NAẒAR
SA‘ĪD B. ḤASAN, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES THROUGH THE PRISM OF MASĀLIK AL-NAẒAR

Author(s): Haggai Mazuz
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Sa‘īd b. Ḥasan; Masālik al-Naẓar; Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa; taḥrīf; ‘iṣma; Maimonides; Isaac; Ishmael;

Summary/Abstract: The Islamic polemical tract Kitāb Masālik al-Naẓar reveals much about its author, the Jewish apostate Sa‘īd b. Ḥasan. Sa‘īd plunges into diverse polemic themes, including some with which he is poorly acquainted, and uses sources from all three Abrahamic faiths, showing greater familiarity with Jewish sources than with the Qur’ān. The discussion explores Sa‘īd’s treatment of various issues in Muslim–Jewish polemics through the prism of his important polemical tract, Masālik alNaẓar, and takes one of the first steps toward lifting Sa‘īd out of his undeserved obscurity in scholarship.

  • Issue Year: 68/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-57
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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