Language and Heresy in Ismaili Thought : : The Kitab al-Zina of Abu Hatim al-Razi / / Jamal Ali.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ali, Jamal,
• MitwirkendeR: Poonawala, Ismail ,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. RĀZĪ THE LEXICOGRAPHER --; 3. KITĀB AL-ZĪNA: CONTENT --; 4. THE ENTRY ON KALIMA --; 5. RĀZĪ THE ETYMOLOGIST: ON THE ORIGIN OF PLACE NAMES --; 6. RĀZĪ THE GRAMMARIAN --; 7. RĀZĪ THE HERESIOGRAPHER --; 8. CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF QURʾĀNIC VERSES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463214722; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463214722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jamal Ali.

The heretofore unpublished Kitab al-Zina, virtually unknown in western scholarship, is a glossary of important Islamic terms by the 9th/10th-century Ismaili polymath Abu Hatim al-Razi. Some lament that Razi’s historical approach to etymology failed to catch on and that had it done so, the face of Arabic dictionary writing might have been altered for the better. His organization of material was uniquely Ismaili as he took pains to synthesize contradictory information into a harmonious whole. This study examines sections of Razi’s work with a view towards his contributions to the field of grammar and linguistics.