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The Book of Unveiling

Fârès Gillon

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The Kitab al-Kashf is one of the earliest Ismaili texts to have reached the present day. Transmitted by the Tayyibi Ismaili tradition, it is composed of six treatises, most of which, as this open access study and first English translation argues, go back to the early years of the Fatimid rule. The importance of this work is predicated upon the unique insight it offers on the early stages of the elaboration of Ismaili doctrine. A number of parallels with Twelver Shi'i, as well as ghulat and Nusayri sources, are highlighted throughout this study, which, by contrast, allow for the identification of specifically Ismaili themes and doctrines, before and after the rise to power of the Fatimids. The Kashf is thus an essential witness to the way early Ismailism, while drawing from a pool of themes common to several Shi'i trends, nevertheless formed its own distinctive identity. Since it was edited by Rudolf Strothmann for the first time in 1952, the Kashf has attracted the attention of several generations of scholars, but did not benefit from a full annotated translation and extensive study highlighting its structure and aims until now.
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halshs-04512685, version 1 (20-03-2024)

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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification - CC BY 4.0

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Fârès Gillon. The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Ja‘far b. Mansur b. al-Yaman. Bloomsbury Publishing; I.B. Tauris; The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2024, Shi'i Heritage Series. ⟨halshs-04512685⟩

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