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Reading ʿAttār's Elāhināma as Sufi Practical Ethics: Between Genre, Reception, and Muslim and Christian Audiences.

This paper seeks to contribute to the field of reception and audience studies by analyzing ʿAttār's Elāhināma. Little studied, the Elāhināma offers an opportunity to understand better ʿAttār's attitudes towards socio-religious issues, as well as the types of audiences that the text seeks, how it add...

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Published in:Journal of Persianate Studies Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 29 - 56
Main Author: Dabiri, Ghazzal
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2018
Subjects:
Sufism
Christianity
Muslims
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