Ibn Taymiyyah versus Hanbalism

This is an interesting discussion of the thought of Ibn Taymiyyah and how it differed from Hanbaliyyah on some theological issues.  Ibn Taymiyyah warrants a lot of academic attention (given his influence on today's Islamists): French Orientalists of the 20th century did pay attention to him but the reason that he is not studied as, say, Sayyid Qutb, is because he left a vast body of literature and access to this text requires a deep understanding of Arabic.  He was a dangerous but effective and sophisticated polemicist.