Essay on the Origins of the Technical Language of Islamic Mysticism

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Univ. Notre Dame P., 1997 - Foreign Language Study - 253 pages
This English edition of Massignon's philological work on the origins of the technical language of Islamic mysticism incorporates the corrections from 1954 edition and updated references. It concentrates on the development of the words used by 10th-century mystic and poet al-Hallaj.

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NOTICE TO THE SECOND EDITION 1954
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THE LEXICON
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EARLIER TERMS AND THEMES ORCHESTRATED BY ḤALLĀJ
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