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J. Vahid Brown
- Cosmos and Chaos: Myth, Creation, and the Bahá’í Administrative Order Session #38 · 2001 · Lights Vol. 3 · PDF One of the most significant developments in the 20th century study of religion has been the increasing attention given to the importance of myth, a term used here in its sense of "sacred narrative". As an instrument in t…
- Qayyum al-Asma` as mytho-historical symbol in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi Session #44 · 2002
- Quaternities of the Writings of the Bab: A Study in Babi and Baha’i Symbolism Session #44 · 2002
- Strong Readers of Sacred Texts: Babi-Bahá’i Semiotics Session #51 · 2003
- Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam, and Cosmos in the Qur’án Commentaries of the Báb Session #53 · 2004 · Lights Vol. 5 · PDF The Báb was a strong reader - some would say a strange reader - of the canonical texts of Islam. The bulk of his earliest writings were in the form of commentaries on these texts. In my presentation, I will discuss the r…
- Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb: An Analysis of the Sources and their Theological Significance Session #58 · 2004 · Lights Vol. 6 · PDF This paper will discuss four of the Báb's autobibliographical works; the Kitáb al-Fihrist, al-Kitáb al-`Ulamá, al-Khutba al-Dhikriyya, and al-Khutba fí'l-Jidda. I will relate my analysis of these texts to antecedents in …