A medieval critique of anthropomorphism : Ibn al-Jawzī's Kitāb Akhbār aṣ-ṣifāt : a critical edition of the Arabic text with translation, introduction and notes

This study contains a critical edition of Ibn al-Jawz?'s "Kit?b Akhb?r as-Sif?t (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 "kal?m" had penetrated the school by the 12th century.