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An Ismaili Heresiography
The 'BÄb al-ShaytÌ£Än' from AbÅ« TammÄms' KitÄb al-shajara
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 23
Presents the "Chapter on Satan"(BÄb al-shaytÌ£Än) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the KitÄb al-shajara by the 4th/10th century KhurÄsÄnÄ« dÄâÄ«, AbÅ« TammÄm.
The satans of AbÅ« TammÄm's "Chapter" are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally ShÄ«âÄ« and MuâtazilÄ« point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature.
The volume contains both a critical edition of the "BÄb al-shaytÌ£Än", and a complete English translation of it.
The satans of AbÅ« TammÄm's "Chapter" are the founders and instigators of the seventy-two heretical sects of Islam. Each sect has been accorded a relatively lengthy description as perceived from a generally ShÄ«âÄ« and MuâtazilÄ« point of view. Most entries offer new information about these sects and, in several cases, the account given is for a sect almost completely unknown in the existing Islamic heresiographical literature.
The volume contains both a critical edition of the "BÄb al-shaytÌ£Än", and a complete English translation of it.
Wilferd Madelung is Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford.
Paul E. Walker, Ph.D. (1974), University of Chicago, is the author of several books and a number of smaller studies on various aspects of Ismaili history and doctrine.
Paul E. Walker, Ph.D. (1974), University of Chicago, is the author of several books and a number of smaller studies on various aspects of Ismaili history and doctrine.
Those interested in the early history of Islam, sectarianism, theology, law, and general Islamic thought and its development.