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The messiah of Shiraz : studies in early and middle Babism /
"The 19th century saw an enormous shift in the authority structure of Iranian and Iraqi Twelver Shi'ism, with the victory of a theological school (Usulism) that stressed the power of the clergy. This is well known. What is less well known is that there was a parallel development of authori...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Colección: | Iran studies ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The 19th century saw an enormous shift in the authority structure of Iranian and Iraqi Twelver Shi'ism, with the victory of a theological school (Usulism) that stressed the power of the clergy. This is well known. What is less well known is that there was a parallel development of authority in the Shaykhi school and its offshoot, the Babi sect. Here, especially in later forms of Babism, the Shi'ite claim to charismatic authority reached its limits in hyperbolic attestations of divinity. The present text is in two parts: a study of how Shaykhism bifurcated into a form close to orthodoxy next to the highly unorthodox Babi movement. Part two examines how Babism changed after the death in 1850 of its founder, the Bab."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxvii, 738 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-732) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047443070 9047443071 |
| ISSN: | 1569-7401 ; |