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The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ismMohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi

Islam and Sufism

The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism

The Sources of Esotericism in Islam

by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi · David Streight (trans.)

A study of the earliest Shi'i hadith presenting the Imam as a cosmic guide and initiator into secret knowledge. Amir-Moezzi argues that this esoteric, non-rational layer preceded the later rationalist theology of Twelver Shi'ism.

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