Was Ibn al-Jawzi's creed Ash'ari?

Abt al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi cannot be attributed to the Ash'ari school of thought at all. He agrees with them on some principles, such as tafwid (delegation of meaning), and differs with them on others. Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah preferred him over many later Ash'aris who deviated from the view of al-Ash'ari himself. Ibn al-Jawzi and his teacher Ibn 'Aqil lived in a state of contradiction between their Salafi Hanbali affiliation and the intensity of the kalam (rational theology) current, which led to inconsistency and contradiction in their statements. Ibn al-Jawzi was influenced by his teacher Ibn 'Aqil in his inclination towards ta'wil (allegorical interpretation), especially in his book "Daf' Shubah al-Tashbih" (Repelling the Specious Arguments of Anthropomorphism). For this reason, some Hanbali scholars resented him, and Ibn Taymiyyah stated that Ibn al-Jawzi himself was contradictory regarding the attribute of God, for he did not remain steadfast in either negation or affirmation.