The exchange of letters in early Sufism

A preliminary study

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ID2772580
AuthorsArin Salamah-Qudsi (0000-0001-6803-0802, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume83
Issue3
Pages391-413
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x20002657
OpenAlexW3110854579
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

This paper introduces the exchange of letters in early Sufism, analyses the significance of these exchanges, and examines these documents not for their general literary qualities or for theoretical discussion of appropriate conduct but, rather, for actual data relating to personal and interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, this paper emphasizes the crucial need for creating a corpus of Sufi letters and pieces of correspondence. The discussion is divided into methodological and conceptual-historical perspectives. The methodological perspective includes a survey of sources, the question of transmission, letter fragment usage by later authors, and a reconstruction attempt of the actual circumstances of these documents. The conceptual-historical perspective analyses content, rhetoric, argumentation forms, and self-representation

Argumentation theory · Art · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Sufism · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Education and Islamic Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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