The Wellsprings of wisdom : a study of Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī's Kitāb al-Yanābīʻ : including a complete English translation with commentary and notes on the Arabic text /
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
©1994.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=12575 |
Table of Contents:
- The foundations of an epistemology
- Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani. Ismaili literature. The importance of al-Sijistani. His life and works. Some critical points in his teachings
- The book of wellsprings. Organization and special features. Background and sources. Dating the wellsprings. Authenticity. Title. Method and audience. State of the Arabic text. Translating the wellsprings. Notes and commentary. The diagrams. The book of wellsprings: translation.