An Ismaili heresiography : the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
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An Ismaili heresiography : the "Bāb al-shayṭān" from Abū Tammām's Kitāb al-shajara
(Islamic history and civilization, . Studies and texts ; v. 23)
Brill, 1998
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باب الشيطان من كتاب الشجرة لابي تمام
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Text in English and Arabic, with Arabic on inverted pages
Added t.p. in Arabic
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents the "Chapter on Satan"(Bab al-shayt an) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the 4th/10th century Khurasani da'i, Abu Tammam.
The satans of Abu Tammam's "Chapter" are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally Shi'i and Mu'tazili point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature.
The volume contains both a critical edition of the "Bab al-shayt an", and a complete English translation of it.
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