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Abstract:
A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.)
Notes:
This complete book is online at chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi.

Gate of the Heart:

Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only)

Nader Saiedi

2008

1. Expanded Contents

(see simple contents + index below)

Prefacevii
Introduction 1
The Bab's Critique of Islamic Traditionalism 3
Beyond Fundamentalism and Sociologism7
The Crisis of Modernity11
Shi'ih Millenarianism and the Renewal of Charismatic Authority15
The Brief Ministry of the Báb20
Reading the Writings of the Báb25
A Short Chronological List of the Báb’s Writings 29
Some Works of the First Stage (To January 1846) 30
Some Works of the Second Stage (January 1846 - ApriI 1847)32
Some Works of the Third Stage (April 1847 - July 1850)35
Part I - The Interpretive Revelation 37
1. The Mode of Interpretation 39
A Typology of the Modes of Revelation 40
The Logic of the Typology45
The Bab's Hermeneutic Principles48
Universal Hermeneutics53
Organic Unity and Reciprocity of Signification58
Plenitude and Hierarchy of Meaning60
2. The Divine Chemistry of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth 67
Water and the Kawthar Fountain 68
Fire and the Word75
Air and the Word78
The Earth of Magnification80
3. The Remembrance, the Gate, and the Dust 83
The Revolutionary Nature of the Báb's Claims 85
Dissimulation, Rhetoric, and Wisdom88
The Modes of Revelation and the Station of the Báb92
The Word of God and the Divine Remembrance95
The Gate and the Burning Bush97
The Unity in Diversity of the Four Layers of the Covenant99
The Heart, Spirit, Soul, and Body of the Báb102
The Báb as the Elixir104
The Name 'Ali-Muhammad107
The Manifestation of the Qa'im in the Year 1260109
4. The Structure of the Qayyúmu’l-Asma’ 111
Plenitude of Meaning in the Commentaries 111
The Textual Level112
The Reader's Level115
The Referential Level116
The Modality Level117
History and Text in Two Commentaries118
Dating the Qayyumu'l-Asmá'123
The Structure of the Commentary on the Surih of Joseph128
The Unity of Divine Verses and Interpretation132
Four Levels of Mystery134
The Fire amidst the Snow136
5. The Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’ as Interpretation 139
The Word and the Remembrance 139
The First Chapter of the Qayyumu'l-Asmá'141
The Interpretation of the Story of Joseph144
Joseph's Dream and the Well of Absolute Unity146
The Family of Joseph and the Maid of Heaven151
Prison and Sovereignty155
Part II - The Metaphysics of the Primal Will and Divine Action 161
6. The Sanctuary of the Heart and the Path to Truth 163
Truth and the Declarative Testimony 163
The Tradition of Truth and the Chronology of Revelation169
Truth as the Creative Word173
7. The Primal Will as the Unity of Subject and Object 181
The Analytics of the Point181
Causation and Creation188
8. The Stages of Divine Creative Action 201
Will, Determination, and Destiny as Existence, Essence, and the Link202
The Stages of Creation and the Grammar of Language205
Decree and the Problem of Alteration207
Predestination or the Question of Destiny210
9. The Epistle of Justice and the Root Principles of Religion 217
The Title of the Text 219
The Structure of the Text and the Word "Bab"221
A New Approach to the Root Principles224
The Root of the Root Principles226
The Root Principle and Destiny230
The Seven Modes of Recognition232
Resurrection and Purification234
Part III - The Primal Point and Progressive Revelation 237
10. Resurrection and Historical239
The New Language of the Third Stage 239
Destiny as the Principle of Manifestation241
The Doctrine of Manifestation243
Beyond Hegelian Dialectics245
Worship as Paradise248
Worship through the Self-Description of God250
Resurrection as Historical Consciousness253
11. History and the Perspective of Unity 259
Dating the Persian Bayán259
The Meaning of "Bayán"261
The Sanctuary of Unity and Progressive Revelation263
The Return of the Point and the Letters of the Living267
The Origin of the Cause273
12. Community and the Primal Unity 281
From the Primal Unity to "All Things" 282
The Structure of the Persian Bayán285
The Standard of Search288
The Persian Bayán and All Things291
The Bayán and the Four Levels of the Covenant293
13. Ethics and Laws in the Bayán 299
Action as Spiritual Journey 301
Six Principles of Spiritual Action308
- The Mystic Character of Action308
- "For the Sake of God"311
- Perfection and Refinement315
- The Prohibition on Causing Grief320
- The Spiritualization of Life326
- Spiritual Linguistics333
Reading the Book of Divine Names336
14. The Law of the Sword and the Twin Revelations 339
Two Approaches to the Laws of the Bayan 340
The Imminent Advent of Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest344
The Year 9351
The Law of the Sword in the Writings of the Báb357
The Perspective of Unity and the Realization of the Laws of the Bayan368
Conclusion: The Báb's Tablet to Mullá Báqir371
Notes 377
References407
Index417

2. Contents, references, and index

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Download: saiedi_gate_heart_contents_index.pdf.

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