Wissam H Halawi, Les Druzes en marge de l’islam : ésotérisme et normativité en milieu rural (xive-xvie siècle)

This monumental, ground-breaking book offers nothing short of a complete revision of the pre-modern history of the Druze as a religious and social community. Its point of departure is a re-assessment of the figure of al-Amir al-Sayyid (d. 1479), traditionally credited with a renaissance of the Druz...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bcai,
Autor Principal: Rapoport, Yossef
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques 2023
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Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:This monumental, ground-breaking book offers nothing short of a complete revision of the pre-modern history of the Druze as a religious and social community. Its point of departure is a re-assessment of the figure of al-Amir al-Sayyid (d. 1479), traditionally credited with a renaissance of the Druze faith and its institutions. This traditional view of al-Sayyid is based on uncritical examination of the available published sources, and hampered by the secretive nature of Druze exegetical wri...