: Sufis and the dissemination of Islam in medieval Palestine
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Daphna Ephrat.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Distributed for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University by Harvard University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 223 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
21 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Harvard Middle Eastern monographs ;
ISSN of Series
40
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-218) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Beginnings -- Setting the stage -- Typical ascetic piety and diversity -- Early role models -- The wayfaring elite -- The genesis of the Sufi circle -- Integration -- Building bridges -- Profiles of Sufi traditionalists -- The Sufi jurist -- The moral guide and the birth of the local congregation -- The role of the mosque -- The advent of the Sufi establishment -- Expansion -- Diffusing the tradition -- The charismatic shaykh -- Authority and following -- Lodge and tomb -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.