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Abstract: Sixteen essays by many of the leading specialists on the sometimes very difficult and challenging writings of the Báb. Includes link to audio recordings of a descendant of the Báb reading from his works. Notes: Only a few of the essays in this book are online, and those are in unedited, pre-publication draft form. Order the book from George Ronald. |
A Most Noble Pattern:
Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb, `Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850)
edited by Todd Lawson and Omid GhaemmaghamiOxford: George Ronald, 2012
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Contents General Introduction Todd Lawson Readings from the Writings of The Báb read by Muhammad Afnan 1. A General Introduction to the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ Muhammad Afnan (translated by Omid Ghaemmaghami) 2. The Commentary on the Sura of Joseph Nosratollah Mohammadhosseini 3. Khutbat al‑iftikhár Introduced and translated by Khazeh Fananapazir 4. Colours in the Writings of the Báb Vahid Rafati (translated by Omid Ghaemmaghami) 5. A Grammar of the Divine: Solecisms in the Arabic Writings of the Báb and His Thoughts on Arabic Grammar William F. McCants 6. Secrets Concealed by Secrets: Taqiyya as Arcanization in the Autobibliographies of the Báb J. Vahid Brown 7. The Súrat adh-Dhikr of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (chapter 108): A Provisional Translation and Commentary Moojan Momen 8. The Súrat al-‘Abd of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (Chapter 109): A Provisional Translation and Commentary Todd Lawson 9. The Khutba al-Jidda (The Literary Sermon at Jeddah) of the Báb See at author's site: text and translation. Stephen Lambden 10. Muhammad Shah Qájár in Four Early Writings of the Báb Sholeh A. Quinn 11. A Youth of Medium Height: The Báb’s Encounter with the Hidden Imam in Tafsír Súrat al-Kawthar Omid Ghaemmaghami 12. Phenomenology of Occultation and Prayer in the Báb’s Sahífiy-i Ja‘faríyyih Nader Saiedi 13. The Báb’s Panj Sha’n (Five Modes) John Walbridge 14. Undermining the Foundations of Orthodoxy: Some Notes on the Báb’s Sharia (Sacred Law) Armin Eschraghi 15. Concealment and Burial of the Báb Translated and annotated by Peter Terry 16. Collusion and Re-creation: Dogen and the Báb as Interpreters of Scripture Gary Fuhrman See publisher's webpage for this book. See editor's webpage. |
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