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Abstract:

A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.)

Notes:

This complete book is online at chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi.

Gate of the Heart:

Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only)

Nader Saiedi

2008

1. Expanded Contents
(see simple contents + index below)

Preface	vii
Introduction	1
The Bab's Critique of Islamic Traditionalism	3
Beyond Fundamentalism and Sociologism	7
The Crisis of Modernity	11
Shi'ih Millenarianism and the Renewal of Charismatic Authority	15
The Brief Ministry of the Báb	20
Reading the Writings of the Báb	25
A Short Chronological List of the Báb’s Writings	29
Some Works of the First Stage (To January 1846)	30
Some Works of the Second Stage (January 1846 - ApriI 1847)	32
Some Works of the Third Stage (April 1847 - July 1850)	35
Part I - The Interpretive Revelation	37
1. The Mode of Interpretation	39
A Typology of the Modes of Revelation	40
The Logic of the Typology	45
The Bab's Hermeneutic Principles	48
Universal Hermeneutics	53
Organic Unity and Reciprocity of Signification	58
Plenitude and Hierarchy of Meaning	60
2. The Divine Chemistry of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth	67
Water and the Kawthar Fountain	68
Fire and the Word	75
Air and the Word	78
The Earth of Magnification	80
3. The Remembrance, the Gate, and the Dust	83
The Revolutionary Nature of the Báb's Claims	85
Dissimulation, Rhetoric, and Wisdom	88
The Modes of Revelation and the Station of the Báb	92
The Word of God and the Divine Remembrance	95
The Gate and the Burning Bush	97
The Unity in Diversity of the Four Layers of the Covenant	99
The Heart, Spirit, Soul, and Body of the Báb	102
The Báb as the Elixir	104
The Name 'Ali-Muhammad	107
The Manifestation of the Qa'im in the Year 1260	109
4. The Structure of the Qayyúmu’l-Asma’	111
Plenitude of Meaning in the Commentaries	111
The Textual Level	112
The Reader's Level	115
The Referential Level	116
The Modality Level	117
History and Text in Two Commentaries	118
Dating the Qayyumu'l-Asmá'	123
The Structure of the Commentary on the Surih of Joseph	128
The Unity of Divine Verses and Interpretation	132
Four Levels of Mystery	134
The Fire amidst the Snow	136
5. The Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’ as Interpretation	139
The Word and the Remembrance	139
The First Chapter of the Qayyumu'l-Asmá'	141
The Interpretation of the Story of Joseph	144
Joseph's Dream and the Well of Absolute Unity	146
The Family of Joseph and the Maid of Heaven	151
Prison and Sovereignty	155
Part II - The Metaphysics of the Primal Will and Divine Action	161
6. The Sanctuary of the Heart and the Path to Truth	163
Truth and the Declarative Testimony	163
The Tradition of Truth and the Chronology of Revelation	169
Truth as the Creative Word	173
7. The Primal Will as the Unity of Subject and Object	181
The Analytics of the Point	181
Causation and Creation	188
8. The Stages of Divine Creative Action	201
Will, Determination, and Destiny as Existence, Essence, and the Link	202
The Stages of Creation and the Grammar of Language	205
Decree and the Problem of Alteration	207
Predestination or the Question of Destiny	210
9. The Epistle of Justice and the Root Principles of Religion	217
The Title of the Text	219
The Structure of the Text and the Word "Bab"	221
A New Approach to the Root Principles	224
The Root of the Root Principles	226
The Root Principle and Destiny	230
The Seven Modes of Recognition	232
Resurrection and Purification	234
Part III - The Primal Point and Progressive Revelation	237
10. Resurrection and Historical	239
The New Language of the Third Stage	239
Destiny as the Principle of Manifestation	241
The Doctrine of Manifestation	243
Beyond Hegelian Dialectics	245
Worship as Paradise	248
Worship through the Self-Description of God	250
Resurrection as Historical Consciousness	253
11. History and the Perspective of Unity	259
Dating the Persian Bayán	259
The Meaning of "Bayán"	261
The Sanctuary of Unity and Progressive Revelation	263
The Return of the Point and the Letters of the Living	267
The Origin of the Cause	273
12. Community and the Primal Unity	281
From the Primal Unity to "All Things"	282
The Structure of the Persian Bayán	285
The Standard of Search	288
The Persian Bayán and All Things	291
The Bayán and the Four Levels of the Covenant	293
13. Ethics and Laws in the Bayán	299
Action as Spiritual Journey	301
Six Principles of Spiritual Action	308
- The Mystic Character of Action	308
- "For the Sake of God"	311
- Perfection and Refinement	315
- The Prohibition on Causing Grief	320
- The Spiritualization of Life	326
- Spiritual Linguistics	333
Reading the Book of Divine Names	336
14. The Law of the Sword and the Twin Revelations	339
Two Approaches to the Laws of the Bayan	340
The Imminent Advent of Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest	344
The Year 9	351
The Law of the Sword in the Writings of the Báb	357
The Perspective of Unity and the Realization of the Laws of the Bayan	368
Conclusion: The Báb's Tablet to Mullá Báqir	371
Notes	377
References	407
Index	417

2. Contents, references, and index
of book online at chupin.ru

Download: saiedi_gate_heart_contents_index.pdf.

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