A1-Farabi, Creation ex nihilo,and the Cosmological Doctrineof K. al-Jam' and Jawabat

摘要

The two works Kitab al-Jam` bayna rayay al-hakimayn (henceforth Jam) and Jawabat`an masailsuila anha (henceforth Jawabait)are attributed to al-FartheArabic tradition.1 Among the bio-bibliographers, Ibn al-Qift1 refers to the former work underthe slightly different title Kitiib fi ittifeiq are Aristiitalis wa-Aflatun, although he says nothingabout the latter work. Ibn Abi Usaybi'a may be referring to Jam' when he lists a Kalam fiittifaqAbuqrat [sic] wa-Aflatun, and he explicitly mentions Jawdbat.~2