| The Death of Al-Hallaj: A Dramatic Narrative Contributor(s): Mason, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268008434 ISBN-13: 9780268008437 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 79004403 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.57" W x 8.45" (0.35 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although not widely known in the Western world, al-Hallaj is one of the great figures in the history of the Muslim religion. Martyred in 922 by the government for his teachings, al-Hallaj has lived on through the centuries in the legends and memories of Muslims the world over. The reader who meets al-Hallaj for the first time in this book will be impressed by the striking similarities he shares with Jesus Christ, Socrates, and the Jewish Hasidic masters. Al-Hallaj is a man so caught up in God's love that he speaks with the wisdom of a mystic. Yet he is worldly and down-to-earth in his affection, his wit, and his joy. In this dramatic narrative of the last days of al-Hallaj, Herbert Mason has distilled the essence of al-Hallaj in moving, beautifully drawn scenes with his son, his protectress, and a devoted disciple. The timeless confrontation between freedom and political expediency, between faith and fatalism, ends here in love that is stronger than death. So finely has Mason presented al-Hallaj that the fire of his love reaches across the centuries to glow again on these pages. This is a book to read, and to re-read. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mason, Herbert: - Herbert Mason is professor emeritus of religion and William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of History and Religious Thought at Boston University. He is the author of Memoir of a Friend: Louis Massignon, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press. |
