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The Nusayri Path of Knowledge : A Study and Critical Edition of ʿIṣmat al-Dawla’s (thrived 11th century) Manhaj al-ʿilm wa l-bayān wa-nuzhat al-samʿ wa l-ʿiyān /

Hollenberg, David,

The Nusayri Path of Knowledge : A Study and Critical Edition of ʿIṣmat al-Dawla’s (thrived 11th century) Manhaj al-ʿilm wa l-bayān wa-nuzhat al-samʿ wa l-ʿiyān / A Study and Critical Edition of ʿIṣmat al-Dawla’s (thrived 11th century) Manhaj al-ʿilm wa l-bayān wa-nuzhat al-samʿ wa l-ʿiyān David Hollenberg. - 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations. - Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 Shii Islam: Texts and Studies ; 4 . - Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024. Shii Islam: Texts and Studies ; 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is a study and edition of the Manhaj al-ʿilm wa l-bayān wa-nuzhat al-samʿ wa l-ʿiyān (The Path of Knowledge and Clarification and the Bliss of Hearing and Seeing). The Manhaj is a Nusayri doctrinal treatise composed by ʿIṣmat al-Dawla during the fifth/eleventh century. This edition makes this important source available to scholars for the first time. The Manhaj is a comprehensive compendium of knowledge for followers of the faith. It is also an autobiographic account detailing the author's conversion and the teachings of his teacher, Abū l-Fatḥ al-Baghdādī. The Manhaj thus provides a personal, vivid account of the networks through which esoteric knowledge was sought and shared


English and Arabic

9789004703216

10.1163/9789004703216 DOI

2024020805


Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century.
Nosairians--History--Sources.
Shīʻah--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

BP195.N7

297.8/251