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Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets

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.

Beyond the Qur’ān: Early Ismaʿīlī Taʾwīl and the Secrets of the Prophets

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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