Title: Language and heresy in Ismaili thought : the Kitab al-zina of Abu Hatim al-Razi /
Authors: Ali, Jamal, 1966-
Publisher: Gorgias Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān,; Arabic language Semantics.; Islam Terminology; Ismailites
Contents: Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Table of Contents v -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xv -- Abbreviations xvii -- 1 Introduction 1 -- R?z?¿s life 1 -- R?z?¿s works 3 -- Kit?b al-z?na 7 -- Published editions 9 -- Studies of Z?na 10 -- This book 10 -- 2 R?z? the Lexicographer 13 -- Early Arabic Lexicography 13 -- Comparison between R?z? and Ibn al-Anb?r? 16 -- R?z?¿s predecessors 19 -- al-Farr?? 19 -- Ab? ?Ubayda 21 -- Ab? ?Ubayd 23 -- Ibn Qutayba 24 -- Tha?lab 28 -- Mubarrad 28 -- Ghiy?th 29 -- 3 Kit?b al-z?na: Content 31 -- The Introduction 31 -- The doctrine of the superiority of Arabic: a historical context 34 -- Ishtiq?q 35 -- Foreign vocabulary in the Qur??n 37 -- R?z? on foreign vocabulary in the Qur??n 40 -- The excellence and importance of poetry 41 -- The Prophet¿s miracle 43 -- The revival of poetry 45 -- Creation 50 -- Organization of the book 51 -- 4 The entry on kalima 57 -- R?z? on kalima 57 --^