The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 1 : : The Life of Al-Hallaj / / Louis Massignon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Massignon, Louis,
• MitwirkendeR: Mason, Herbert,
• TeilnehmendeR: Mason, Herbert.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5591
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)

Volume 1 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously unknown.Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death, Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his death in 1962, he left behind a greatly expanded version, published as the second French edition (1975). It is edited and translated here from the French and the Arabic sources by Massignon's friend and pupil, Herbert Mason.Volume 1 gives an account of al-Hallaj's life and describes the wo rld in which he lives; volume 2 traces his influence in Islam over the centuries; volume 3 studies Hallajian thought; volume 4 contains a full biography and index. Each volume contains Massignon's copious notes and new translations of original Islamic documents.Herbert Mason is University Professor of Religion and Islamic History at Boston University. He is also apoet and novelist; his version of the Gigamesh epic was a nominee for the National Book Award in 1971.Bollingen Sreis XCVIII.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents Of Volume 1 -- List Of Illustrations To Volume 1 -- Foreword To The English Edition -- Note On Transliteration -- Foreword To The New Edition -- 1921 Foreword -- 1914 Foreword -- Preface To The New Edition -- I. Biographical Outline -- II. The Years Of Apprenticeship: His Teachers And Friends -- III. Travels And Apostolate -- IV. In Baghdad: Zealous Preaching And Political Indictment -- V. The Indictment, The Court Of Justice, And The Actors In The Drama -- VI. The Trials -- VII. The Martyrdom