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Michael Cooperson's fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms. -Banipal Magazine,

Coopersons translation is uncommonly deft On the whole, this translation is a grand success. It will be valuable for teachers to illustrate early Islamic piety, early Islamic law, early Sunni theology, and everyday life in Baghdad. -- Christopher Melchert * Journal of Islamic Studies * Michael Coopersons fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms. * Banipal Magazine *

Michael Cooperson's fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms. - Banipal Magazine

Cooperson's translation is uncommonly deft... On the whole, this translation is a grand success. It will be valuable for teachers to illustrate early Islamic piety, early Islamic law, early Sunni theology, and everyday life in Baghdad. -Christopher Melchert, Journal of Islamic Studies Michael Cooperson's fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms. -Banipal Magazine

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Ibn al-Jawzī (Author) Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) was a Baghdadi storyteller, preacher, and prolific Islamic scholar associated with the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought. He is well known for his exegeses of the Qurʾan and Hadith, including his famous compendium, Al-Taḥqīq. Michael Cooperson (Edited and Translated by) Michael Cooperson is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. His translations include The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal by Ibn al-Jawzī for the Library of Arabic Literature, and The Author and His Doubles by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.

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