Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn

Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Ji...

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Main Author: El-Zein, Amira (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Syracuse, N.Y Syracuse University Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. ed.
Series/Journal:Contemporary issues in the Middle East
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jinn
Further subjects:B Demonology, Islamic
B Islamic demonology
B Jinn
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Summary:Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0815632002