Todd Lawson

Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam

Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

Of the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions. This book examines the Islamic roots of the Bahaa (TM)i faith through the Qura (TM)anic studies of the Bab (Siyyad Ali Muhammad) and sheds light on its relationship to the wider religious milieu and its profound debt to esoteric Islam, especially Shi'ism. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Qur'an Commentary, Mysticism, Shi'ism, the modern history of Iran, comparative apocalyptic and messianism.

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This book examines the Islamic roots of the Baha'i faith through the Qur'anic studies of the Bab (Siyyad Ali Muhammad). It sheds light on both the development of the Babi movement and the continuities and discontinuities with Shi'i Islam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415495394
• ISBN-10: 0415495393
• Artikelnr.: 30205117

Autorenporträt

Todd Lawson is Associate Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on mystical Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic thought, Shi'ism and Sufism, and he has written a number of books on Islamic thought and the Qur'an.