Overview
Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures, namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that surrounded the succession of the Prophet, manifesting in repression, revolution, massacre, and civil war. This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of these bloody, brutal conflicts. Conducting a philological and historical study of little-known though significant ancient texts, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh interpretative framework and a new data set for theorizing the early history of Islam, isolating the contradictions between Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions that rile these groups today.
Full Product Details
Author: Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi ,
Eric Ormsby (The Institute of Ismaili Studies)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.539kg
ISBN: 9780231173780
ISBN 10: 0231173784
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 08 December 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
Amir-Moezzi does the field a great service with his discussion of important early Shi'ite thinkers and texts which are otherwise neglected. The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an is an excellent work. -- Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, University of Notre Dame The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an is a stimulating and thought provoking study in the intellectual history of early Shi'ism and a treasure trove of information on early Shi'i exegesis, doctrine and jurisprudence. Professor Amir-Moezzi focuses on five leading Shi'i scholars of the 8th-10th centuries CE and offers an in-depth analysis of their work as highly significant sources for an alternative narrative of the historical developments over the first two centuries of Islam. -- Meir Bar-Asher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Author Information
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi is professor of classical Islamic thought at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne University (Paris). He is also senior research fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies (London). His publications largely concern Shi'i Islam and the history of the Qur'an and include The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism and The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam. He is also the general editor of Dictionnaire du Coran.
