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Miguel Asín Palacios (1871–1944) was a Spanish scholar of Islamic studies and the Arabic language, and a Roman Catholic priest. He is primarily known for suggesting Muslim sources for ideas and motifs present in Dante's Divine Comedy, which he discusses in his book ''La Escatología musulmana en la Divina Comedia'' (1919). He wrote on medieval Islam, extensively on al-Ghazali (Latin: Algazel). A major book ''El Islam cristianizado'' (1931) presents a study of Sufism through the works of Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi (Sp: Mohidín Abenarabe) of Murcia in Andalusia (medieval Al-Andalus). Asín also published other comparative articles regarding certain Islamic influences on Christianity and on mysticism in Spain. ==Life== Miguel Asín Palacios was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, on July 5, 1871, into the modest commercial family of Don Pablo Asín and Doña Filomena Palacios. His older brother Luis, his younger sister Dolores, and he were little children when their father died of pneumonia. His mother the young widow continued in business with help and made ends meet with decorum but not as well as before. He attended the Colegio de El Salvador instructed by Jesuits in Zaragoza, where he began to make lifelong friendships. He entered the Seminario Conciliar, singing his first Mass at San Cayetano in Zaragoza in 1895.〔Emilio García Gómez, "Don Miguel Asín (1871-1944) Esquema de una biografía" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9: 266-291, 269 (1944).〕 At the Universidad de Zaragoza Asín had met and begun study under the Arabist Professor Julián Ribera y Tarragó.〔Asín would later write the long introduction to the ''jubilación'' for Prof. Ribera, ''Disertaciones y Opúsculos'' (Madrid: Imprenta de Estanislao Maestre 1928), 2 volumes, at I: xv-cxvi.〕 In 1896 at Madrid he defended his thesis on the Persian theologian Ghazali (1058–1111) before Francisco Codera Zaidín and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.〔Emilio García Gómez, "Homenaje a Don Francisco Codera: 1836-1917" in ''Al Andalus'' at 15: 263-274 (1950).〕 All three professors guided his subsequent studies. Asín then developed his study of Al-Ghazali, and published it in 1901. He also wrote on Mohidin Abenarabe, who is often called the leading figure in Islamic mysticism. Thus Asín was running parallel with a then European-wide effort to understand Muslim inner spirituality.〔José Valdivia Válor, ''Don Miguel Asín Palacios. Mística cristiana y mística musulmana'' (Madrid: Ediciones Hiperión 1992) at 19-25, 66.〕〔James T. Monroe, ''Islam and the Arabs in Spanish Scholarship'' (Leiden: Brill 1970) at 176.〕 Professor Codera then retired from his chair in the Arabic Language at the Universidad de Madrid in order to create room there for Asín; Ribera in Zaragoza allowed Asín to leave to assume this Madrid ''cátedra'' in 1903. Professor Asín lived in the same well-connected boarding house〔This boarding house was well known for its residents and visitors, past (e.g., Sanz del Rio) and current. The ''tertulia'' (discussion group) of Menéndez y Pelayo met there, as did a variety of politicians and their supporters, and the young Duque de Alba (hence Asín's ''entrée'' to royalty). Emilio García Gómez, "Don Miguel Asín" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9:266-291 at 274-275 (1944).〕 as Codera, and was well received in the university. By 1905 Professor Ribera had also come to Madrid; together with Asín they soon founded the journal ''Cultura Española'' (1906–1909). Asín attended international conferences in Algeria (1905) and Copenhagen (1908), where he engaged other Arabists and academics in Islamic studies. In Madrid he continued to prosper, eventually being admitted to the royal court where he gained the friendship of Alfonso XIII.〔Monroe, ''Islam and the Arabs in Spanish Scholarship'' at 175-178, 129.〕〔Valdivia Válor, ''Don Miguel Asín Palacios'' at 25-27, 68.〕 Asín, of course, is known for his academic work concerning the medieval Muslim-Christian interface of theology, mysticism, and religious practice, with a focus on Spain. His was a form of intellectual history. Among the figures studied were Al-Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Averroës (Ibn Rushd), Ibn Masarra, and Ibn Hazm, as well as the rabbi Maimonides (all from Al-Andalus except al-Ghazali). Asín did comparative work vis-à-vis Islam respecting Ramon Lull, Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Blaise Pascal. Asín's manner of approach was to stick to a theme, to keep circling over it, each time adding to the understanding. His method of work involved meticulous planning, by first conceiving the order of presentation in detail, then straight ahead, without a rough draft ("sin borrador"), redacted with each reference note on its proper page.〔Emilio García Gómez, "Don Miguel Asín" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9:266-291 at 284, 287 (1944).〕 In 1932 the journal ''Al-Andalus'' began publication under the direction of Asín Palacios; it was technically equipped to satisfy a readership of academic specialists. Asín himself was a frequent contributor. In the universities, a new generation of Spanish Arabists was emerging, such as Emilio García Gómez, influenced by Asín.〔See the ''Continuations'' section below.〕 In 1936 Asín was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf )〕 The Spanish Civil War began in July 1936, and caught Asín Palacios while in San Sebastián in the Basque country visiting his nephew and family. The horrors of this struggle remain very painful to contemplate with regard to both sides; over four thousand priests were assassinated by extremist factions on the loyalist side early in the conflict. Asín was in personal danger, yet that September nationalist forces captured San Sebastián. During the war he taught Latin and managed to obtain photocopies of Arabic texts.〔Valdivia Válor, ''Don Miguel Asín Palacios'' at 34-35.〕〔Monroe, ''Islam and the Arabs in Spanish Scholarship'' at 192.〕〔Emilio García Gómez, "Don Miguel Asín" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9:266-291 at 284-285 (1944).〕 After the trauma of Civil War, Asín was able to return to Madrid and resume his professorship at the university. There he continued his duties and his work on his multi-volume study of Al-Ghazali. Don Miguel Asín Palacios had intense black eyes, fine hands; photographs did not seem to capture his personality or expressions. He was well dressed ("entre cardenal y torero"). Not ambitious but for the tranquility in which to work, he was a good and generous friend. His colleagues recognized in him an enduring innocence, so that he was "not knowing" in the mixed turbulence of the world.〔García Gómez affectionately commented that Asín sometimes would appear "un poco en la luna". "Don Miguel Asín (1873-1944) Esquema de una biografía" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9:266-291 at 289 (1944). One may conjecture whether Prof. García Gómez tended to type his teacher.〕 He projected a brightness ("diafanidad"); his mind had developed to become a great work of refinement. A pious priest, an admirer of John Henry Newman, "a child of 73 years" when he died.〔Emilio García Gómez, "Don Miguel Asín (1873-1944) Esquema de una biografía" in ''Al-Andalus'' 9:266-291 at 287-289 (1944).〕 He died on August 12, 1944, in San Sebastián. His passing prompted many scholars to review his work.〔See bibliography below.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miguel Asín Palacios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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