<p>The late Shlomo Pines (1908-1990) was this century's outstanding historian of Islamic philosophy and science. This volume offers, for the first time in English. Pines' doctoral dissertation on Islamic atomism; the German version appeared in 1936. Pines presents the atomic theories of matter, time and space, as they are found in the literature of kalam, as well their exposition in the writings of Abu Bakr al Râzî; and then investigates in detail possible sources in the Greek, Indian, and other traditions. The present publication incorporates a few revisions which Pines himself had made in a draft translation. A number of the texts, which Pines consulted in the manuscript, have since been published, and some important studies on the kalam have appeared. Nonetheless, it can be stated in confidence that, sixty years after its first publication, Pines' monograph is till today the most significant work on the subject.</p>

Studies in Islamic Atomism

Shlomo Pines

The Hebrew University Magnes Press

<p>This is the fifth volume in the 'Collected Works of the late Professor Shlomo Pines'. The studies reprinted in this volume have been divided into two categories. In the first part have been reprinted essays dealing with various topics in the history of religion in antiquity. The second part includes seminal studies published by Pines on aspects of Jewish Christianity.</p>

Studies in the history of Jewish thought (The Collected works of Shlomo Pines)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Magnes Press, Hebrew University

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Studies in Islamic Atomism

Studies in the history of Jewish thought (The Collected works of Shlomo Pines)