Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr - Abridged Edition
(Paperback, Abridged Edition)
Publishing Details
Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr - Abridged Edition
By (Author) Louis Massignon
Edited and translated by Herbert Mason
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th October 1994
Abridged Edition
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Theology
297.422
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 197mm, Height 254mm
482g
Description
Abridged from the four-volume The Passion of al-Hallaj, one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous 10th-century Sufi mystic and martyr, describing not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Halftone illustrations.
Reviews
"The French original of this work has stood for most of this century as a model of the way Western scholarship can illumine a foreign culture, not patronize or denature it... This translation climaxes one of the most focused projects of humanistic scholarship this century has seen."--Huston Smith, Commonweal "An incomparable study of the religious forces, the social and political life, and the whole culture of the Islamic world within which [this saint] lived and died."--Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies
Author Bio
Herbert Mason is University Professor of History and Religion at Boston University.
