John Renard

Rumi

A Life in Pictures

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Produktbeschreibung

Picturing the life story of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a premier Muslim mystic and the original Whirling Dervish, John Renard studies the images in three extant manuscripts of Aflaki's Wondrous Feats of the Knowers of God to provide a unique way to interpret the text.

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Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 254mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9781474475006
• ISBN-10: 1474475000
• Artikelnr.: 60695993

Autorenporträt

John Renard received a PhD in Islamic Religious Studies, Harvard Univ. 1978, focusing on medieval Arabic and Persian religious texts, the history of Sufism, and Islamic art. He has taught since then in Saint Louis University's department of Theological Studies. Publications thematically related to this volume include: Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions (California 2020); Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment and Servanthood (California 2008); and All the Kings Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation (SUNY 1994).