The book of unveiling : early Fatimid Ismaili doctrine in the Kitāb al-Kashf, attributed to Ja'far b. Manṣūr b. al-Yaman /

The book of unveiling : early Fatimid Ismaili doctrine in the Kitāb al-Kashf, attributed to Ja'far b. Manṣūr b. al-Yaman /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gillon, Fârès, author.
Imprint:	London : I.B. Tauris : The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2024.
Description:	xviii, 516 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Shi'i heritage series ; 11 Shi'i heritage series ; 11.
Subject:	Jaʻfar ibn Manṣūr al-Yaman, -- active 10th century. -- Kashf. Qurʼan -- Hermeneutics -- Early works to 1800.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13461028

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Other uniform titles:	Jaʻfar ibn Manṣūr al-Yaman, active 10th century. Kashf. English.
Other authors / contributors:	Institute of Ismaili Studies, publisher.
ISBN:	9780755653874 0755653874 9780755653867 0755653866 9780755653898 9780755653881
Notes:	Includes translation from the Arabic. Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-495) and indexes. Open access.
Summary:	The Kitab al-Kashf is one of the earliest Ismaili texts to have reached the present day. Transmitted by the Tayybi Ismaili tradition, it is composed of six treatises, most of which, as this open access study and first English translation argues, go back to the early years of the Fatimid rule. The importance of this work is predicated upon the unique insight it offers on the early stages of the elaboration of Ismaili doctrine. A number of parallels with Twelver Shi'i, as well as ghulat and Nusayri sources, are highlighted throughout this study, which, by contrast, allow for the identification of specifically Ismaili themes and doctrines, before and after the rise to power of the Fatimids.

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