Language and Heresy in Ismaili Thought : The Kitab al-Zina of Abu Hatim al-Razi / Jamal Ali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ali, Jamal, author.

Contributor:

Poonawala, Ismail.

Series:

Gorgias Islamic Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The heretofore unpublished Kitab al-Zina, virtually unknown in western scholarship, is a glossary of important Islamic terms by the 9th/10th-century Ismaili polymath Abu Hatim al-Razi. Some lament that Razi’s historical approach to etymology failed to catch on and that had it done so, the face of Arabic dictionary writing might have been altered for the better. His organization of material was uniquely Ismaili as he took pains to synthesize contradictory information into a harmonious whole. This study examines sections of Razi’s work with a view towards his contributions to the field of grammar and linguistics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. RĀZĪ THE LEXICOGRAPHER

3. KITĀB AL-ZĪNA: CONTENT

4. THE ENTRY ON KALIMA

5. RĀZĪ THE ETYMOLOGIST: ON THE ORIGIN OF PLACE NAMES

6. RĀZĪ THE GRAMMARIAN

7. RĀZĪ THE HERESIOGRAPHER

8. CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF QURʾĀNIC VERSES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463214722

1463214723

OCLC:

1100437131