Yaman (Ankara U. Divinity School, Turkey) investigates how the concept of hikmah (roughly, "wisdom") was used in cross-disciplinary contexts in early Muslim scholarly works, mainly in the literatures of Arabic lexicography, Qur'anic exegesis, Sufism, and Islamic philosophy. He discusses the derivation of the word and semantic permutations of its root as understood in Arabic lexicography and among contemporary Western scholars, diverse definitions of the word given during the pre- and early Islamic periods across different disciplines, the relation of the word to other epistemological conceptual terms, and the relation of the concept of hikmah to Muslim philosophical goals and interests. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
