TY  - JOUR
ID  - 3186
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/cole_world_as_text
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - World as Text, The: Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i
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JF  - Studia Islamica
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A1  - Cole,Juan
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Y1  - 1994
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VL  - 80
IS  - 
SP  - 1
EP  - 23
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M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - https://bahai-library.com/wilmette_ayiy_nur_notes[Commentary on the Disconnected Letters (Stephen Lambden)]
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AB  - Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the conceptual and literary structures erected by his forebears; his millenarianism and rebellion against staid literalism as a means of reinvigorating Shi'ism.
N1  - Mirrored from 
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KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Huruf (letters)
KW  - Islam
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Kabbalah
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Pen
KW  - Point
KW  - Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i
KW  - Shaykhism
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Symbolism
ER  -