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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460513703321

Autore

Amir-Moezzi Mohammad Ali

Titolo

The silent Qurʼan & the speaking Qurʼan : scriptural sources of Islam between history and fervor / / Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi ; with contributions by Etan Kohlberg and Hasan Ansari ; translated by Eric Ormsby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-231-54065-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages) : genealogical tables

Disciplina

297.1/221

Soggetti

Hadith (Shiites) - Criticism, interpretation, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Word to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays -- 2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies / Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali / Kohlberg, Etan -- 3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics -- 4. The Emergence of Gnosis -- 5. Perfecting a Religion / Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali / Ansari, Hasan -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures, namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that surrounded the succession of the Prophet, manifesting in repression, revolution, massacre, and civil war. This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of these bloody, brutal conflicts. Conducting a philological and historical study of little-known though significant ancient texts, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh interpretative framework and a new data set for theorizing the early history of Islam,



isolating the contradictions between Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions that rile these groups today.