عنوان

Beyond the Qur⁾ān :

شابک

9781611176780 (hardback)

شماره

bc10289

عنوان اصلي

Beyond the Qur⁾ān :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

early Ismā⁽īlī ta⁾wīl and the secrets of the prophets /

نام نخستين پديدآور

David Hollenberg.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Columbia, South Carolina :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of South Carolina Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2016]

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xv, 176 pages ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index.

متن يادداشت

"Ismailism, one of the three major branches of Shiism, is best known for taʼwil, an esoteric, allegorizing scriptural exegesis. Beyond the Qurʼan: Early Ismaili taʼwil and the Secrets of the Prophets is the first book-length study of this interpretive genre. Analyzing sources composed by tenth-century Ismaili missionaries in light of social-science theories of cognition and sectarianism, David Hollenberg argues that the missionaries used taʼwil to instill in acolytes a set of symbolic patterns, forms, and "logics." This shared symbolic world bound the community together as it created a gulf between community members and those outside the movement. Hollenberg thus situates taʼwil socially, as an interpretive practice that sustained a community of believers. An important aspect of taʼwil is its unconventional objects of interpretation. Ismaili missionaries mixed Qurʼanic exegesis with interpretation of Torah, Gospels, Greek philosophy, and symbols such as the Christian Cross and Eucharist, as well as Jewish festivals. Previously scholars have speculated that this extra- Qurʼanic taʼwil was intended to convert Jews and Christians to Ismailism. Hollenberg, departing from this view, argues that such interpretations were, like Ismaili interpretations of the Qurʼan, intended for an Ismaili audience, many of whom converted to the movement from other branches of Shiism. Hollenberg argues that through exegesis of these unconventional sources, the missionaries demonstrated that their imam alone could strip the external husk from all manner of sources and show the initiates reality in its pure, unmediated form, an imaginal world to which they alone had access. They also fulfilled the promise that their imam would teach them the secrets behind all religions, a sign that the initial stage of the end of days had commenced. Beyond the Qurʼan contributes to our understanding of early Ismaili doctrine, Fatimid rhetoric, and, more broadly, the use of esoteric literatures in the history of religion"--

عنوان

Beyond the Quran

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9781611176797

موضوع مستند نشده

Qurʼan-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Ismailites-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

RELIGION / General.

موضوع مستند نشده

RELIGION / Islam / General.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hollenberg, David

تاريخ عمليات

20211005122411.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

کد کاربرگه

270410

تكميل شده

Y