The caliph and the heretic : Ibn Sabaʼ and the origins of Shīʼism / / by Sean W. Anthony.
This book is an examination of the traditions and legends concerning early Islam’s first and most infamous heretic, the Yemenite Jew known as ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʾ. Tracing the evolution and transformation of the many stories and narratives about Ibn Sabaʾ as adapted by Sunnī and Shīʿī scholars alike...
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| Superior document: | Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 91 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic history and civilization ;
v. 91. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Ibn Sabaʻ and the Sayfian corpus
- Sayf ibn ʻUmar and the Sabaʻiya (i): the caliphate of ʻUthman ibn ʻAffan
- Sayf ibn ʻUmar and the Sabaʻiya (ii): ʻAli ibn Abi Tālib the Battle of the camel
- Excursus: The Sayfian corpus in the riwaya of Nasṛ ibn Muzahịm
- Ibn Sabaʻ and the heresiographers
- The execution of Ibn Sabaʻ
- The parousia of ʻAli ibn Abi Tạlib
- Excursus 1: ʻAli in the clouds
- Excursus 2: The letter of ʻAli given to ʻAbd Allah ibn Wahb al-Hamdani
- The Sabaʻiya of the Umayyad period.