Hallaj

Louis Massignon, Herbert Mason (Edited and Translated by)

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Author
Louis Massignon, Herbert Mason (Edited and Translated by)
Publish Date
1994-07-25
Edition
Abridged
Subtitle
Mystic and Martyr - Abridged Edition
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
336
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691019193
ISBN-13
9780691019192
citemno
128302
SKU
9780691019192

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 tenth-century Sufi mystic and martyr, and in so doing describes not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration.

From reviews of the four-volume translation: