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The Shīʿa in Iraqi Heresiography

The Structure and Transmission of the Material up to al-Ashʿarī (d.324/935)
  • James Weaver
  • Funded by: SAGW
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025

About this book

This book addresses the presentation of the Shīʿa in the extant theological-doxographical literature of Iraq up to the early fourth century of Islam. Understanding doxographies primarily as textual products of third-century kalām circles, it provides historians with a more thorough account of the likely provenance and transmission of this important body of source material, as well as of the particular images of the early Shīʿa it constructs.

Author / Editor information

James Weaver, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 30, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783110620849
Hardcover published on:
December 30, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110620535
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
18
Main content:
795
Tables:
50
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