Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre-Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam

by Omid Ghaemmaghami

The history of what has come to be known as Twelver Shīʿī slam is a history of attempts to deal with the abrupt loss of the Imam. In Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre- Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam, Omid Ghaemmaghami demonstrates that in the early years of the so-called Greater Occultation, Shīʿī authorities maintained that all contact with the Imam had been sundered, forcing him to remain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004340483
• ISBN13: 9789004340480
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"