The Sound Traditions: Studies in Ismaili Texts and Thought

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-47057-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 698 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1306 g

The Sound Traditions: Studies in Ismaili Texts and Thought is a collection of Ismail K. Poonawala’s articles on Ismaili studies. Divided into three sections, the volume consists of nineteen articles that have been published over a long period of more than forty years. Part One focuses on Ismaili sources and the question of their authorship. The aspects of Ismaili rational discourses are examined in Part Two. Focusing on the scriptural knowledge of Ismaili tradition, Part Three then delves into investigating al-Qadi al-Nu'man’s life and contribution. This volume is an excellent gateway to the study of origins and development of Ismaili thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

K. Poonawala, Ismail

Rajani, Kumail

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

part 1: Isma?ili Sources and Authorship

1 Isma?ili Sources for the History of South-West Arabia

2 Isma?ili Manuscripts from Yemen

3 Anonymous Works and Their Ascription to Famous Authors: Are They Cases of Mistaken Identity or an Outright Forgery?

4 The Contribution of Isma?ili Colophons to the Discussion on the Birth and Construction of the Arabic Manuscript Tradition

5 Discovery of the Kitab al-asrar Ascribed to the First Fatimid Caliph-Imam al-Mahdi: Its Ramifications

part 2: Isma?ili Rational Discourses (al-ma?qulat)

6 Why We Need an Arabic Critical Edition with an Annotated English Translation of the Rasa?il Ikhwan al-?afa?

7 Wealth and Poverty in the Qur’an and Traditions of the Prophet, and How Those Concepts are Reflected in the Rasa?il Ikhwan al-?afa?

8 Humanism in Isma?ili Thought: The Case of the Rasa?il ikhwan al-?afa? (The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren and Faithful Friends)

9 An Early Doctrinal Controversy in the Iranian School of Isma?ili Thought and Its Implications

10 An Isma?ili Treatise on the I?jaz al-Qur?an

11 Al-Sijistani and His Kitab al-Maqalid al-Malakutiyya

part 3: Al-Qa?i al-Nu?man and Isma?ili Transmitted Knowledge (al-manqulat)

12 Al-Qa?i al-Nu?man’s Works and the Sources

13 A Reconsideration of al-Qa?i al-Nu?man’s Madhhab

14 The Chronology of al-Qad?i al-Nu?man’s Works

15 Sources for al-Qa?i al-Nu?man’s Works and Their Authenticity

16 The Beginning of the Isma?ili Da?wa and the Establishment of the Fatimid Dynasty as Commemorated by al-Qa?i al-Nu?man

17 Al-Qa?i al-Nu?man and Isma?ili Jurisprudence

18 The Evolution of al-Qa?i al-Nu?man’s Theory of Isma?ili Jurisprudence as Reflected in the Chronology of His Works on Jurisprudence

19 Al-Qa?i al-Nu?man and His Refutation of Ibn Qutayba

Copyright Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index of Qur?anic References

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ismail K. Poonawala is Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research mainly focuses on Ismaili manuscript tradition, history and doctrine.

Kumail Rajani is a postdoctoral research fellow in Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. His research focuses mainly on Shi'i history, law and literature.