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

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...

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