- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 215 p.)
- Series Statement
- Contemporary issues in the Middle East
- Uniform Title
- Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn (Online)
- Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
- Alternative Title
- Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn.
- LCCN
- 2009026745
- OCLC
- ssj0000607324
- Author
El-Zein, Amira.
- Title
Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn [electronic resource] / Amira El-Zein.
- Imprint
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Series
Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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