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The World as Text

Author	Juan Cole
Title of item	The World as Text
Subtitle of item	Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i
Volume	80
Pages	1-23
Parent publication	Studia Islamica
Date of this edition	1994
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	2011-05-24 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.org/cole_world_as_text
Abstract	Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the conceptual and literary structures erected by his forebears; his millenarianism and rebellion against staid literalism as a means of reinvigorating Shi'ism.
Notes	Mirrored from personal.umich.edu/~jrcole.
Tags	Allegories and metaphors; Cosmology; Huruf (letters); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Kabbalah; Nuqta (Point); Pen (metaphor); Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykhism; Sufism; Symbolism
Cross-references	See also Commentary on the Disconnected Letters (Stephen Lambden).
Page views	8462 hits since 2011-05-24
Last edited	2022-02-01 23:00 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.org/file.php5?file=cole_world_as_text.

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