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Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr - Abridged Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr - Abridged Edition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Louis Massignon
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Edited and translated by Herbert Mason
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| Series | Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:336 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 197 |
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| Category/Genre | Islam
Theology |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691019192
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| Classifications | Dewey:297.422 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Edition |
Revised edition
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| Illustrations |
8 pages of halftones
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
25 July 1994 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Abridged from the four-volume The Passion of al-Hallaj, one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous 10th-century Sufi mystic and martyr, describing not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Halftone illustrations.
Author Biography
Herbert Mason is University Professor of History and Religion at Boston University.
Reviews"The French original of this work has stood for most of this century as a model of the way Western scholarship can illumine a foreign culture, not patronize or denature it... This translation climaxes one of the most focused projects of humanistic scholarship this century has seen."--Huston Smith, Commonweal "An incomparable study of the religious forces, the social and political life, and the whole culture of the Islamic world within which [this saint] lived and died."--Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies
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