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Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi’ism
Matthew Pierce
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Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi’ism
Matthew Pierce
In the tenth century Shi?a scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shi?a identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.
232 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 13, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674737075 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 245 × 25 mm · 542 g |
| Language | English |
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