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Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets
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Scholarship on the history and doctrines of Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims has progressed at a dizzying pace over the last few decades. Most publications in the field to date are historical studies of particular periods of Ismaili history analysing Ismailism’s socio-political activities, such as the famed Fatimid era or the Nizari state of Alamut. Relatively speaking, the study of Ismaili doctrine – theology, cosmology, hermeneutics and soteriology – remains in the early stages.
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Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets
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Publication Type | Article | |
Year of Publication | 2018 | |
Date Published | 2018 | |
Authors | Andani, Khalil | |
Original Publication | Khalil Andani (2018): Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1433369 | |
Publisher | David Hollenberg, Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2016, 192 pp., $44.99 | |
ISBN/ISSN Number | 9781611176780 | |
Key Words | Doctrines of Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims; Ismailism’s socio-political activities; Fatimid era; Nizari state of Alamut; taʾwīl |
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