An anthology of Ismaili literature : a shiʿl vision of Islam

著者

• Landolt, Hermann
• Sheikh, Samira
• Kassam, Kutub
• Institute of Ismaili Studies

書誌事項

An anthology of Ismaili literature : a shiʿl vision of Islam

edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh & Kutub Kassam

I.B. Tauris Publishers , In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies , Distributed by St Martin's Press, 2008

タイトル別名

An anthology of Ismaili literature : a shi'l vision of Islam

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

One of the richest and most rewarding, yet at the same time least familiar, traditions of Muslim literature is that of the Shi'i Imami Ismailis. Although many great literary treasures of the Islamic world are already available in English translation, those of the Ismailis are only slowly being made accessible to scholars and readers at large. This substantial Anthology makes a vital and welcome contribution to that process of wider dissemination. It brings together for the first time extracts from a range of significant Ismaili texts in both poetry and prose, here translated into English by some of the foremost scholars in the field.The texts included belong to a long span of Ismaili history, which extends from the Fatimid era to the beginning of the twentieth century. The translations in question have been rendered from their originals in Arabic, Persian and the different languages of Badakhshan and South Asia. With substantial sections devoted to such broad topics as faith and thought, history and biography, ethics, the Imamate, Ta'wil (or esoteric exegesis and textual interpretation), the Anthology offers continuously enriching glimpses into the depths, diversity and distinctiveness of one of the great traditions of Islamic thought and creativity, which still remains relatively undiscovered by the West.

目次

Contributors List of Reprinted Works Introduction Azim Nanji Editorial Note List of Illustrations PART I HISTORY AND MEMOIR Introduction Samira Sheikh PART II FAITH AND THOUGHT Introduction Hermann Landolt SECTION I God and Creation SECTION II Prophethood and Imamate Introduction Hermann Landolt SECTION III Initiation, Knowledge and Meaning Introduction Hermann Landolt SECTION IV Faith and Ethics Introduction Hermann Landolt PART III POETRY Introduction Kutub Kassam/Samira Sheikh SECTION I Arabic Poetry SECTION II Persian Poetry PART III THE POETRY OF SOUTH ASIA Chronology of Ismaili History Biographical Notes on Authors General Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA90924951
• ISBN:
  • 9781845117948
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; New York,London,New York
• ページ数/冊数: xxv, 348 p., [12] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 892.708038297822
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Ismaili literature -- Translations into English