The sound traditions : : studies in Ismaili texts and thought / / by Ismail K. Poonawala ; edited by Kumail Rajani.

• VerfasserIn: Poonawala, Ismail K.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Rajani, Kumail,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (712 pages)

"The Sound Traditions: Studies in Ismaili Texts and Thought is a collection of Ismail K. Poonawala's articles on Ismaili studies. Divided into three sections, the volume consists of nineteen articles that have been published over a long period of more than forty years. Part One focuses on Ismaili sources and the question of their authorship. The aspects of Ismaili rational discourses are examined in Part Two. Focusing on the scriptural knowledge of Ismaili tradition, Part Three then delves into investigating al-Qāḍīal-Nu mān's life and contribution. This volume is an excellent gateway to the study of origins and development of Ismaili thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1 Ismaʿili Sources and Authorship -- Chapter 1 Ismaʿili Sources for the History of South-West Arabia -- Chapter 2 Ismaʿili Manuscripts from Yemen -- Chapter 3 Anonymous Works and Their Ascription to Famous Authors: Are They Cases of Mistaken Identity or an Outright Forgery? -- Chapter 4 The Contribution of Ismaʿili Colophons to the Discussion on the Birth and Construction of the Arabic Manuscript Tradition -- Chapter 5 Discovery of the Kitāb al-asrār Ascribed to the First Fatimid Caliph-Imam al-Mahdī: Its Ramifications -- Part 2 Ismaʿili Rational Discourses (al-maʿqūlāt) -- Chapter 6 Why We Need an Arabic Critical Edition with an Annotated English Translation of the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ -- Chapter 7 Wealth and Poverty in the Qurʾan and Traditions of the Prophet, and How Those Concepts are Reflected in the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ -- Chapter 8 Humanism in Ismaʿili Thought: The Case of the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren and Faithful Friends) -- Chapter 9 An Early Doctrinal Controversy in the Iranian School of Ismaʿili Thought and Its Implications -- Chapter 10 An Ismaʿili Treatise of the Iʿjāz al-Qurʾān -- Chapter 11 Al-Sijistānī and His Kitāb al-Maqālīd al-Malakūtiyya -- Part 3 Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān and Ismaʿili Transmitted Knowledge (al-manqūlāt) -- Chapter 12 Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Works and the Sources -- Chapter 13 A Reconsideration of al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Madhhab -- Chapter 14 The Chronology of al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Works -- Chapter 15 Sources for al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Works and Their Authenticity -- Chapter 16 The Beginning of the Ismaʿili Daʿwa and the Establishment of the Fatimid Dynasty as Commemorated by al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān -- Chapter 17 Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān and Ismaʿili Jurisprudence.

Chapter 18 The Evolution of al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Theory of Ismaʿili Jurisprudence as Reflected in the Chronology of His Works on Jurisprudence -- Chapter 19 Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān and His Refutation of Ibn Qutayba -- Copyright Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index of Qurʾanic References -- General Index.