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Gnostic Apocalypse and IslamTodd Lawson

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Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam

Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion

by Todd Lawson

An analysis of the Báb's Qayyúm al-Asmá', his commentary on the Sura of Joseph, as a work of apocalyptic and mystical exegesis. Lawson situates the Báb's earliest writing within the traditions of Qur'anic interpretation and Shiʻi messianism.

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