Fruhe Saihi-und Babi-theologie Die Darlegung der Beweise fur Muhammads besonderes Prophetentum (Ar-Risala fi Itbat an-Nubuwa al-Hassa)

This book is an introduction to the literature and thought of the founders of the Shaykhiyya and the B'biyyah, two important religious movements in nineteenth-century Iran.The first part is an overview of the thought of A'mad al-A's? and K?im ar-Rasht?, the progenitors of theShaykhiyya, with a focus on their religious and philosophical teachings.The second part is an analysis of the early writings of ?Al?-Mu'ammad Sh'r?z? (the B'b), the initiator of the B'biyyah.It contains a survey of major concepts found in his works and addresses issues that have generated debate in the past, particularly the exact nature of his religious claim and its reception by his contemporaries.Finally, the book contains an edition of the B'b's "Treatise on Specific Prophethood.This is the first scholarly edition of a work by the B'b to be published in the original language.Fruhe Saihi-und Babi-theologie Die Darlegung der Beweise fur Muhammads besonderes Prophetentum (Ar-Risala fi Itbat an-Nubuwa al-Hassa), was published 2004 under ISBN 9789004140349 and ISBN 9004140344.