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Inspicientes—et non inspicientes—eius legem: Thirteenth-Century Dominicans, the Qur'an, and Islam

Inspicientes—et non inspicientes—eius legem: Thirteenth-Century Dominicans, the Qur'an, and Islam This article explores the interesting fact that, while we know of a number of Dominicans in the thirteenth century that were eius legem inspicientes (‘inspectors of [Muḥammad's] law’), the vast majority of preaching friars, and indeed the great bulk of thirteenth-century scholastic intellectuals, were very pointedly eius legem non inspicientes. Even some of those who are most commonly held up as impassioned students of Islam, particularly the brilliant Semitic linguist, Ramon Martí OP (fl. 1250–1284), turn out on examination to have had only a passing interest in the challenge of Islam. The amazing extent of learning in things Islamic possessed by Martí and his confreres William of Tripoli OP (fl. 1250–1273) and Riccoldo da Monte di Croce OP (d. 1320) certainly deserves our attention, but so also does the much more common disinterest, disinterest which, indeed, often borders on intentional ignorance. As this article shows, the nearly obsessive engagement with Qur'an and Islam that we find among some Dominicans at certain times is the counterpart to a vast disinterest which is often just as obsessive. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Qur'anic Studies Edinburgh University Press

Inspicientes—et non inspicientes—eius legem: Thirteenth-Century Dominicans, the Qur'an, and Islam

Burman, Thomas E.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies , Volume 20 (3): 18 – Oct 1, 2018
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10.3366/jqs.2018.0350
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This article explores the interesting fact that, while we know of a number of Dominicans in the thirteenth century that were eius legem inspicientes (‘inspectors of [Muḥammad's] law’), the vast majority of preaching friars, and indeed the great bulk of thirteenth-century scholastic intellectuals, were very pointedly eius legem non inspicientes. Even some of those who are most commonly held up as impassioned students of Islam, particularly the brilliant Semitic linguist, Ramon Martí OP (fl. 1250–1284), turn out on examination to have had only a passing interest in the challenge of Islam. The amazing extent of learning in things Islamic possessed by Martí and his confreres William of Tripoli OP (fl. 1250–1273) and Riccoldo da Monte di Croce OP (d. 1320) certainly deserves our attention, but so also does the much more common disinterest, disinterest which, indeed, often borders on intentional ignorance. As this article shows, the nearly obsessive engagement with Qur'an and Islam that we find among some Dominicans at certain times is the counterpart to a vast disinterest which is often just as obsessive.

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Published: Oct 1, 2018

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