An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi'i Vision of Islam
- ISBN-10
- 1845117948
- ISBN-13
- 9781845117948
- Category
- Literary Collections / Middle Eastern
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-08-15
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Authors
- Kutub Kassam, Herman Landolt, S. Sheikh
Description
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.
Get the book
Similar books
-
_______ ________: A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology
A major translation achievement, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic poems and literary prose, from pre-Islamic times until the eighteenth century, with short introductions to guide non-specialist...
-
ديوان المايدي بن ظاهر
By al-Māyidī ibn ẒāhirPoems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab EmiratesLove, Death, Fame features the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in...
-
ابنة الحظ
By إيزابيل اللينديتعد ``ابنة الحظ`` رواية رائعة تجمع ما بين الدراما الاجتماعية والسعي الذاتي من أجل ما يؤمن به الفرد، وهذه الرواية تجعلك تغوص بالعمق لدرجة أنك تنتظر أن تنتهي من الكتاب...
-
Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood
By Sumaiya HamdaniThis book examines the most important writings of a tenth century Islamic theologian and jurist who was one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi...
-
Gender, Modernity and Liberty: Middle Eastern and Western Women's Writings, a Critical Sourcebook
By Reina Lewis, Nancy MicklewrightThis book presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women that is often presumed never to have happened. Not only were women from the Middle East imagined to be...
-
Selected Poetry and Drama
By Leah GoldbergThis collection features a new translation by Rachel Tzvia Back of a large selection of Goldberg's poetry, as well at T. Carmi's classic translation of her only work for the...
-
Israeli Writing Against Itself: The Clash of Hellenism and Judaism in Modern Israeli Narrative
By Ruth EssexThis comprehensive critique explores the relevancy of old discourses for contemporary narratives in ten Israeli novels. How the theory of deconstruction affects the future of a nation as presented in...
-
Rituals of Memory in Contemporary Arab Women’s Writing
By Brinda MehtaThis volume carefully assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women’s lives as portrayed in literature.
-
خطايا الأبرياء: رواية
By برهان سونميزكان الوطن هو طفولتي، وكلما كبرتُ ازددتُ بُعدًا عنه، وكلما ابتعدتُ ازداد حضوره داخلي. في تلك الأيام اعتاد العم ``حاطب`` - الذي أحاط بأسرار سهل ``هايمانا`` جميعها كدرويشٍ فقير...
-
فترة من الزمن
By Muḥammad al-MuwayliḥīWith What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, this...