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The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 4 - Biography and Index (Paperback)
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The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 4 - Biography and Index (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Volume 4 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic
civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the
meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and
martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and
transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of
religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously
unknown. Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western
India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and
the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose
works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death,
Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his death in
1962, he left behind a greatly expanded version, published as the
second French edition (1975). It is edited and translated here from
the French and the Arabic sources by Massignon's friend and pupil,
Herbert Mason. Volume 1 gives an account of al-Hallaj's life and
describes the world in which he lives; volume 2 traces his
influence in Islam over the centuries; volume 3 studies Hallajian
thought; volume 4 contains a full biography and index. Each volume
contains Massignon's copious notes and new translations of original
Islamic documents. Herbert Mason is University Professor of
Religion and Islamic History at Boston University. He is also a
poet and novelist; his version of the Gigamesh epic was a nominee
for the National Book Award in 1971. Bollingen Series XCVIII.
Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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