Book Summary
Abridged from the four-volume The Passion of al-Hallaj, one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous 10th-century Sufi mystic and martyr, describing not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Halftone illustrations. Abridged from the four-volume "The Passion of al-Hallaj," one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous tenth-century Sufi mystic and martyr, and in so doing describes not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration. From reviews of the four-volume translation:
Book Details
| Book Name | The Passion Of Al-Hallaj: Mystic And Martyr Of Islam |
| Author | Louis Massignon, Herbert W. Mason, Herbert Mason |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (Jul 1994) |
| ISBN | 9780691019192 |
| Pages | 336 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1835 |
