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100	1		_aHollenberg, David, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeyond the Quran : _bearly Ismaili taʼwil and the secrets of the prophets / _cDavid Hollenberg.
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264		1	_aColumbia, South Carolina : _bUniversity of South Carolina Press, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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520			_a"Ismailism, one of the three major branches of Shiism, is best known for taʼwil, an esoteric, allegorizing scriptural exegesis. Beyond the Qurʼan: Early Ismaili taʼwil and the Secrets of the Prophets is the first book-length study of this interpretive genre. Analyzing sources composed by tenth-century Ismaili missionaries in light of social-science theories of cognition and sectarianism, David Hollenberg argues that the missionaries used taʼwil to instill in acolytes a set of symbolic patterns, forms, and "logics." This shared symbolic world bound the community together as it created a gulf between community members and those outside the movement. Hollenberg thus situates taʼwil socially, as an interpretive practice that sustained a community of believers. An important aspect of taʼwil is its unconventional objects of interpretation. Ismaili missionaries mixed Qurʼanic exegesis with interpretation of Torah, Gospels, Greek philosophy, and symbols such as the Christian Cross and Eucharist, as well as Jewish festivals. Previously scholars have speculated that this extra- Qurʼanic taʼwil was intended to convert Jews and Christians to Ismailism. Hollenberg, departing from this view, argues that such interpretations were, like Ismaili interpretations of the Qurʼan, intended for an Ismaili audience, many of whom converted to the movement from other branches of Shiism. Hollenberg argues that through exegesis of these unconventional sources, the missionaries demonstrated that their imam alone could strip the external husk from all manner of sources and show the initiates reality in its pure, unmediated form, an imaginal world to which they alone had access. They also fulfilled the promise that their imam would teach them the secrets behind all religions, a sign that the initial stage of the end of days had commenced. Beyond the Qurʼan contributes to our understanding of early Ismaili doctrine, Fatimid rhetoric, and, more broadly, the use of esoteric literatures in the history of religion"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588	0		_aPrint version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
590			_aMaster record variable field(s) change: 072
630	0	0	_aQurʼan _xCriticism, interpretation, etc. _xHistory.
630	0	7	_aQurʼan. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01842877
650		0	_aIsmailites _xHistory.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION _xIslam _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
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655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHollenberg, David. _tBeyond the Quran. _dColumbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2016 _z9781611176780 _w(DLC) 2016028744
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