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Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance

Author	Todd Lawson
Title of item	Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance
Subtitle of item	The Bab's tafsirs of Qur'an 103 and 108, the Declining Day and the Abundance
Pages	145-158
Parent publication	Der Iran um 19 Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Bahá'í Religion
Publisher of this ed.	Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag
Date of this edition	1998
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	2016-07-24 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.org/lawson_babs_commentary_performance
Abstract	Quranic commentary played a major role in the formation of the Bábí movement. Early Babis were impressed by the Bab's innovative interpretation of scripture. As the Bab's claims became more widely known, his language became less esoteric.
Tags	Bab, Writings of; Commentaries; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran
Page views	2525 hits since 2016-07-24
Last edited	2016-07-24 21:18 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org].

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