Research Catalog

Title

The study of Shi'i Islam : history, theology and law / edited by Farhad Daftary and Gurdofarid Miskinzoda.

Publication

• London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, Publishers ; London : in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2014.
• New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Daftary, Farhad
• Miskinzoda, Gurdofarid
• Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Description

xxiii, 616 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Shi'i heritage series ; 2

Uniform Title

Shi'i heritage series ; 2.

Subject

• Shīʻah > History > Congresses
• Shīʻah > Congresses
• Shīʻah > Study and teaching > Congresses

Note

• Papers resulting from a 2010 colloquium sponsored by the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• In English and Arabic.

Contents

Part I. History and Historiography. Introduction / Wilferd Madelung -- Reflections on the Expression din 'Ali : The Origins of the Shi'i Faith / Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi -- The Study of the Ismailis : Phases and Issues / Farhad Daftary -- Al-Maqrizis Connection to the Fatimids / Nasser Rabbat. Part II. The Qur'an and its Shi'i interpretations. Introduction / Meir M. Bar-Asher -- What Defines a (Pre-modern) Shi'i Tafsir? Notes Towards the History of the Genre of Tafsir in Islam, in Light of the Study of the Shi'i Contribution / Andrew Rippin -- The Tafsir of al-Hibari (d. 286/899) : Qur'anic Exegesis and Early Shi'i Esotericism / Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi -- The Empire Writes Back : Fatimid Ismaili Ta'wil (Allegoresis) and the Mysteries of the Ancient Greeks / David Hollenberg The Authority to Interpret the Qur'an / Meir M. Bar-Asher. Part III. Shi'i Hadith. Introduction / Etan Kohlberg -- Writing and Resistance : The Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Early Shi'ism / Maria Massi Dakake -- Pre-Buyid Hadith Literature: The Case of al-Barqi from Qumm (d. 274/888 or 280/894) in Twelve Sections / Roy Vilozny -- The Story of 'Pen and Paper' and its Interpretation in Muslim Literary and Historical Tradition / Gurdofarid Miskinzoda. Part IV. Shi'i law. Introduction / Mohyddin Yahia -- Renunciation (Zuhd) in the Early Shi'i Tradition / Christopher Melchert -- The Evolution of al-Qadi al-Nu'man's Theory of Ismaili Jurisprudence as Reflected in the Chronology of his Works on Jurisprudence / Ismail K. Poonawala -- The Theory of Mal among the Zaydis / Sayyid Zayd al-Wazir. Part V. Authority. Introduction / Andrew J. Newman -- 'Seeking the Face of God' : The Safawid Hikmat Tradition's Conceptualisation of Walaya Takwiniyya / Sajjad Rizvi -- The Role of the Imam-caliph as Depicted in Official Treatises and Documents Issued by the Fatimids / Paul E. Walker -- Minority Reports : Twelver Shi'i Disputations and Authority in the Buyid Period / Andrew J. Newman. Part VI. Theology. Introduction / Wilferd Madelung -- Early Imami Theology as Reflected in the Kitab al-kafi of al-KuIayni / Wilferd Madelung -- Al-Shaykh al-Tusi: His Writings on Theology and their Reception / Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke. Part VII. Rites and Rituals. Introduction / Gerald R. Hawting -- Ashura Rituals, Identity and Politics : A Comparative Approach (Lebanon and India) / Sabrina Mervin -- The Luminous Lamp : The Practice of Chiragh-i rawshan among the Ismailis of Central Asia / Hakim Elnazarov. Part VIII. Philosophy and Intellectual Traditions. Introduction / Daniel De Smet -- Shahrastani's Hanif Revelation : A Shi'i Philosophico-Hermeneutical System / Toby Mayer -- Philosophising at the Margins of Shi'i Studies : Reflections on Ibn Sina's Ontology / Nader El-Bizri.

Call Number

JFE 16-6531

ISBN

• 9781780765068
• 1780765061

OCLC

874097675

Title

The study of Shi'i Islam : history, theology and law / edited by Farhad Daftary and Gurdofarid Miskinzoda.

Publisher

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, Publishers ; London : in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2014.

Distributor

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan.

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Shi'i heritage series ; 2

Shi'i heritage series ; 2.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

In English and Arabic.

Local Note

PAPERS BASED ON 2010 COLLOQUIUM.

Added Author

Daftary, Farhad, editor.

Miskinzoda, Gurdofarid, editor.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6531