The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an: Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervor

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Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.violence And Scripture In The Book Of Sulaym Ibn Qays -- The Work And Its Putative Author -- A Book With Multiple Strata -- A Work Of Enduring Popularity -- Fragments From The Book Of Sulaym B. Qays -- Table Of Contents Of The Book Of Sulaym B. Qays -- 2.qur'anic Recensions And Political Tendencies: Al-sayyari And His Book Of Revelation And Falsification / Etan Kohlberg -- Questions Raised By Western Studies -- Uncertainties And Contradictions In The Islamic Sources -- The Falsification Of The Qur'an According To Imami Shi'ites -- Al-sayyari: Notes On His Life And Work -- Remarks On The Book Of Revelation And Falsification Or The Book Of Variant Readings -- 3.the Necessity Of Hermeneutics: On The Qur'anic Commentary Of Al-hibari -- The Silent Qur'an And The Speaking Qur'an -- Al-hibari And His Qur'anic Commentary -- Personalized Commentaries And The Beginnings Of Esotericism -- 4.the Emergence Of Gnosis: A Monograph On Knowledge Compiled By Al-saffar Al-qummi -- A Representative Of A Double Period Of Transition -- Some Significant Anomalies -- Table Of Contents Of The K. Basa'ir Al-darajat -- 5.perfecting A Religion: Remarks On Al-kulayni And His Summa Of Traditions / Hasan Ansari -- The Scarcity Of Direct Sources Of Information Amid Countless Uncertainties -- Some Historical Points Of Reference -- Biographical Elements -- Observations On The Work -- The Formation Of An Entire Religion Set Apart. Mohammad Ali Amir-moezzi ; With Contributions By Etan Kohlberg And Hasan Ansari ; Translated By Eric Ormsby. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 231-260) And Index. Translated From The French.