2018
DOI: 10.1163/18747167-12341318
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Reading ʿAttār’s Elāhināma as Sufi Practical Ethics: Between Genre, Reception, and Muslim and Christian Audiences

Abstract: This paper seeks to contribute to the field of reception and audience studies by analyzing ʿAttār’sElāhināma. Little studied, theElāhināmaoffers an opportunity to understand better ʿAttār’s attitudes towards socio-religious issues, as well as the types of audiences that the text seeks, how it addresses them, and what possible aims it has. The paper argues that theElāhināmamobilizes the formal characteristics of practical ethics and mirrors while disrupting them at the level of meaning towards its own aims, nam… Show more

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“…2 After receiving their confessions, she miraculously heals those men, who, starting with her perfidious brother-in-law, were maimed after trying unsuccessfully to sexually assault her. 3 I have discussed this tale in greater depth elsewhere; seeDabiri 2018.…”
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“…2 After receiving their confessions, she miraculously heals those men, who, starting with her perfidious brother-in-law, were maimed after trying unsuccessfully to sexually assault her. 3 I have discussed this tale in greater depth elsewhere; seeDabiri 2018.…”
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confidence: 99%