Claude Addas

Claude Addas is a French-Polish scholar of Islam who has made major contributions to the field of Ibn Arabi studies.

Claude Addas
NationalityFrench
OccupationIslamic scholar
Notable workQuest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi

Biography

Claude Addas is the daughter of the Islamic scholar Michel Chodkeiwicz.[1] Addas earned a degree in Arabic and Persian.[2]

She is the author of the 1989 book Ibn ʻArabī, ou, La quête du soufre rouge, a biography of Ibn Arabi, which was translated into English by Peter Kingsley as Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life on Ibn 'Arabi and published in 1993.[3] William Chittick described Quest for the Red Sulphur as "the best and most thoroughly documented account" of Ibn Arabi's life.[4] Gregory Lipton described her as "Ibn Arabi's preeminent Western biographer".[3]

She is also the author of Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour, which was translated into English as Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return.[3]

Works
  • Ibn ʻArabī, ou, La quête du soufre rouge. Gallimard, 1989, ISBN 2-07-071504-3[5]
  • Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour, Le Seuil 1996, ISBN 978-2-02-025126-6[6]
  • La Maison muhammadienne: Aperçus de la dévotion au Prophète en mystique musulmane, Gallimard, 2015, ISBN 2-07-014763-0

Works translated to English
  • Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi. Islamic Texts Society, 1993, ISBN 0-946621-45-4[7]
  • Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return. Islamic Texts Society, 2000, ISBN 0-946621-74-8[8]

References
  1. "Michel Chodkiewicz (1929-2020)". Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. "Contributors". Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. Lipton, Gregory (2018). Rethinking Ibn 'Arabi. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780190684518.
  4. Leaman, Oliver; Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2001). History of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge. ISBN 9780231132213.
  5. Reviews of Ibn ʻArabī, ou, La quête du soufre rouge
    • Décobert, Christian (1990). "Ibn 'Arabi, ou, La quête du soufre rouge". Esprit. Editions Esprit. 161 (5): 162–164.
    • Morris, James W (1989). "Ibn 'Arabî, ou, la quête du soufre rouge". Studia Islamica. Brill. 70: 185 - 187
    • Giordani, Demetrio (1989). "Ibn 'Arabî, ou, la quête du soufre rouge" Rivista degli studi orientali. Sapienza - Universita di Roma. 63 (4): 350 - 352
    • Hassan, Elboudrari (1994). "Ibn 'Arabî, ou, la quête du soufre rouge" Annales. EHESS. 49 (4): 980 - 982
  6. Reviews of Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour
  7. Reviews of Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi
    • Elmore, Gerald (1998). "Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. University of Chicago Press. 57 (3): 218. doi:10.1086/468640.
    • Schimmel, Annemarie (1995). "Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi". Journal of Islamic Studies. Oxford University Press. 6 (2): 269. doi:10.1093/jis/6.2.269.
    • Regenspan, David (1995). "Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi". Digest of Middle East Studies. Wiley-Blackwell. 4 (1): 54–57. doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.1995.tb01053.x.
    • Lahood, Gabriel (1995). "Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). 29 (1): 82–83. doi:10.1017/S0026318400030911.
  8. Reviews of Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return
    • Chitick, William C (2004). "Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return". Islamic Studies. Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad. 43 (3): 511–513.
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