TY - BOOK AU - Hollenberg,David TI - 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 T2 - Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 SN - 9789004703216 AV - BP195.N7 U1 - 297.8/251 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Manuscripts, Arabic KW - 19th century KW - Nosairians KW - History KW - Sources KW - Shīʻah KW - Doctrines KW - Early works to 1800 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book is a study and edition of the Manhaj al-Ê¿ilm wa l-bayān wa-nuzhat al-samÊ¿ wa l-Ê¿iyān (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-BaghdādÄ«. The Manhaj thus provides a personal, vivid account of the networks through which esoteric knowledge was sought and shared UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004703216 ER -