| Tradition and Survival: A Bibliographical Survey of Early Shi'ite Literature Contributor(s): Modaressi, Hossein (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851683313 ISBN-13: 9781851683314 Publisher: ONEWorld Publications OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: This comprehensive survey is the only text available to give short and accessible summaries of the life and achievements of over 200 hundred philosophers and theologians from the strict Shi'i school of Islam. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 016.892 |
| Physical Information: 1.75" H x 6.18" W x 9.14" (2.44 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Featuring over 250 key thinkers both major and less well-known, and spanning three centuries, this is a comprehensive survey of early Shi'ite literature, and the first of its kind. For each figure, the author offers a summary of their life and achievements, before outlining their literary and scholarly contributions to the canon, and documenting all sources for their writings, even those long-since vanished. Each entry includes information on further reading for the figure in question, in addition to detailed footnotes and a full bibliography. |
