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 / David Hollenberg.
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TextLanguage: English, Arabic Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 | Shii Islam: Texts and Studies ; 4.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is a study and edition of the Manhaj al-Ê¿ilm wa l-bayÄn wa-nuzhat al-samÊ¿ wa l-Ê¿iyÄn (The Path of Knowledge and Clarification and the Bliss of Hearing and Seeing). The Manhaj is a Nusayri doctrinal treatise composed by Ê¿Iá¹£mat 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, AbÅ« l-Fatḥ al-BaghdÄdÄ«. The Manhaj thus provides a personal, vivid account of the networks through which esoteric knowledge was sought and shared
English and Arabic
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