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The Origins of the Druze Religion

The Origins of the Druze Religion CHAPTER FOUR by David R. W. Bryer (Oxford) The Relationship of Hamza's Doctrine to Ismä'ilism Dogma and Terminology The sources to which Hamza's ideas can be traced are threefold: first, the wider Islamic background of which Ismä'ilism was only one facet; secondly the orthodox Fätimid Ismäcili writers like al-Kirmäni and the Qädi al-N^män to whose increasingly transcendental and philosophical ideas Hamza reacted so strongly and thirdly the more extreme cosmological, eschatological and Messianic writings, mostly pre-Fätimid, which had no doubt lingered on much longer in the areas like that from which Hamza came, outside the Fätimjd empire. To these must be added Hamza's own innovations, though how great these are can never be known owing to the large amount of early Fätimid literature which has been lost. There is also the possibility of other more distant influences like Manichaeism but it seems probable that, if they do exist, Hanxza only knew them through an Ismä'fli intermediary. His central claim--that he calls men back to a true understanding of Tawhld and that his followers are the only true Unitarians--is a claim made by almost every group in Islam, notably the MuHazila. Hamza's originality lies in his claim to be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Der Islam de Gruyter

The Origins of the Druze Religion

Der Islam , Volume 53 (1) – Jan 1, 1976

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
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0021-1818
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1613-0928
DOI
10.1515/islm.1976.53.1.5
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CHAPTER FOUR by David R. W. Bryer (Oxford) The Relationship of Hamza's Doctrine to Ismä'ilism Dogma and Terminology The sources to which Hamza's ideas can be traced are threefold: first, the wider Islamic background of which Ismä'ilism was only one facet; secondly the orthodox Fätimid Ismäcili writers like al-Kirmäni and the Qädi al-N^män to whose increasingly transcendental and philosophical ideas Hamza reacted so strongly and thirdly the more extreme cosmological, eschatological and Messianic writings, mostly pre-Fätimid, which had no doubt lingered on much longer in the areas like that from which Hamza came, outside the Fätimjd empire. To these must be added Hamza's own innovations, though how great these are can never be known owing to the large amount of early Fätimid literature which has been lost. There is also the possibility of other more distant influences like Manichaeism but it seems probable that, if they do exist, Hanxza only knew them through an Ismä'fli intermediary. His central claim--that he calls men back to a true understanding of Tawhld and that his followers are the only true Unitarians--is a claim made by almost every group in Islam, notably the MuHazila. Hamza's originality lies in his claim to be

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Der Islamde Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1976

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