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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Syracuse, N.Y
Syracuse University Press
2009
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In: | Year: 2009 |
Edition: | 1. ed. |
Series/Journal: | Contemporary issues in the Middle East
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jinn
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Further subjects: | B
Demonology, Islamic
B Islamic demonology B Jinn |
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 |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0815632002 |