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Bábí History & the Báb

The Bábí revelation, its early community, and the martyrs of the heroic age.

Key authors Stephen Lambden 49Habib Riazati 14Muin Afnani 8Moojan Momen 7Ghasem Bayat 6Necati Alkan 5Sholeh Quinn 5Vahid Rafati 4
Related themes Scripture & TabletsPersian & Islamic ContextInterfaith & Comparative ReligionScholarship & InterpretationTheology & the Nature of God
  • Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
  • The Mathnaví by Rúhu’lláh Varqá, the martyr: A few notes on its historical context and poetical content Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani · Session #146 · 2017 · PDF
  • Some Ottoman Documents about Babis and Bahá’ís in the Ottoman Empire Necati Alkan · Session #138 · 2016
  • Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 1: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa’i Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 2: Sayyid Kazim al-Rashti Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • “He-She-It Is”� (Huwa): The re-created Basmala in Babi-Baha’i Literary Commencements Stephen Lambden · Session #130 · 2015
  • A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
  • Historical and Cultural Motifs in Baha’u’llah’s Tablet to Nasir al-Din Shah Sivan Lerer · Session #132 · 2015
  • Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and St. Paul JoAnn Borovicka · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
  • Reflections on the Memorials of the Faithful: From the Background of Early Christian Experiences Per-Olof Akerdahl · Session #132 · 2015
  • The Báb’s Tablet to Mullá á��asan Gawhar: A Provisional Translation and Notes Nima Rafiel · Session #132 · 2015
  • A Comparative Study of Súriy-i-Sabr and Qayyúmu’l-Asmá: Clarification of References to Calf, Sámirí, Satan, and Idol Worshipers Foad Seddigh · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
  • Bábí-Bahá’í Scripture and Belief in E. G. Browne’s A Year Amongst the Persians Sholeh Quinn · Session #123 · 2014
  • Die Siebenschläferlegende in der christlich-islamischen Tradition und in den Babi-Baha’i-Schriften Necati Alkan · Session #126 · 2014
  • Some New, Little-known, or Unstudied Writings of the Báb (1819-1850) Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • Some New, Little-Known, or Unstudied Writings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • Symbolism and Metaphor in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi Faris Badii · Session #128 · 2014
  • The Bab’s letters to Muhammad Sháh Armin Eschraghi · Session #125 · 2014
  • Women and Wisdom in Scripture Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #125 · 2014 · PDF
  • Das Ringen um Fortschritt im Iran des 19. Jh. und die Rolle der Babi-Bewegung Iradj Eschraghi · Session #119 · 2013
  • Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh Gleaming through the Tablet of Patience Foad Seddigh · Session #121 · 2013
  • Knowing Self, Knowing God: Discovering One’s Own Innermost Divine Reality Habib Riazati · Session #116 · 2013
  • Major Debates and Disputations of Belief in History and the Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #121 · 2013
  • The Bábí-Bahá’í Theology of ‘Adl (Justice) and the Lawh-i Ridván al-’Adl of Bahá’u’lláh Stephen Lambden · Session #116 · 2013
  • The Greatest Holy Leaf’s Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #121 · 2013 · PDF
  • The Meanings and the Stations of Tawhid in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings Habib Riazati · Session #121 · 2013
  • A Review of the style, the content and the context of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Afaf A. Stevens · Session #113 · 2012
  • An Officer and an Academic: Alexander Grigorevich Tumanskii and His Contribution to Russian Historiography on and Policy towards the Bábí-Bahá’í Religion Soli Shahvar · Session #111 · 2012
  • Awakening: The Birth and Tribulations of a Bahá’í Community in Iran Hussein Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
  • Die Briefe des Báb an die Könige und Herrscher seiner Zeit Armin Eschraghi · Session #114 · 2012
  • Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá’ís in Nayriz on Naw-Ruz 1909 Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #113 · 2012
  • Historical Background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Husein Ahdieh · Session #113 · 2012
  • Kitáb-i-Iqán, From Bábí to Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #113 · 2012
  • Ridwan Renewed: The Semitic-Abrahamic religions and Babi-Baha’i concepts of Ridvan Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
  • Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i Imamology: Some introductory Notes on the Twelver Imams and traditions attributed to them in Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i scriptural sources Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
  • Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Honor of Hand of the Cause Jináb-i-Ibn-i-Abhar Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
  • The Bab’s Sahifah-yi `adliyyah in Historical Context Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #109 · 2012
  • The Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #109 · 2012
  • Women’s poetry in early Qajar Iran: Some context to Táhirih’s poetry Dominic Parviz Brookshaw · Session #109 · 2012
  • Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentaries on the Qur’an Vahid Rafati · Session #104 · 2011
  • Apocalyptic Thinking and Process Thinking: A Baha’i Contribution to Religious Thought Moojan Momen · Session #104 · 2011 · PDF
  • Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 1. Unsealing the Sealed Wine -- Slaying the Dragon of Dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
  • Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 2. The Principle of Individual Investigation of Truth in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
  • I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
  • On the Tablet of All Food Peyman Sazedj · Session #104 · 2011
  • Some notes on the historical background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Armin Eschragi · Session #104 · 2011
  • Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #107 · 2011
  • The Bábí-Bahá’í Transformation and Interpretation of the Islamic Basmala Stephen Lambden · Session #102 · 2011
  • Unsealing the Sealed Wine: Slaying the dragon of dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #104 · 2011
  • From al-Mulk (the Dominion) to al-Mu’minin (the Believers): Some Further Thoughts on the Surah Titles of the Qayyúm al-`asmá of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • From the Jabulqa of God’s Power to the Jabulqa of Superstition: The Twelfth Imam in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and `Abdu’l-Bahá’ Omid Ghaemmaghami · Session #95 · 2010
  • Fundamental Concepts in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #100 · 2010
  • Ibn al-`Arabi in the Baha’i Writings Muin Afnani · Session #95 · 2010
  • In the Beginning: An Analysis of the Opening Chapters of the Báb’s Qayyum al-asma Sholeh Quinn · Session #95 · 2010
  • Laqá Alláh: From Meeting Alláh to Attainment unto the Presence of God Ami Shrager · Session #97 · 2010
  • Perfection and Refinement: Toward an Aesthetic of the Báb Moojan Momen · Session #97 · 2010 · PDF
  • The Concept of Progressive Revelation in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #100 · 2010
  • The Genesis of Bábí Ritual as Exemplified in the Khasa’il-Sab`a (‘The Seven Directives’) of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • Von Báb zu Bahá’u’lláh: Die Situation der Bábí-Gemeinde 1850-1863 Iradj Eshraghi · Session #98 · 2010
  • Ziyarat and the Tablets of Visitation Vahid Rafati · Session #97 · 2010
  • A Mathematical Model to Investigate Non-Material Realities Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #88 · 2009
  • A Review of the History and Content of Anti—Bahá’í Publications Muin Afnani · Session #88 · 2009
  • Divine Origin of the Bahá’í Faith Fares Hedayati · Session #93 · 2009
  • Early Ishmaelite Philosophy and the Bábí—Bahá’í Religions Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
  • Early Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: Where was God before Creation? The Origins of Some Terms Moshe Sharon · Session #89 · 2009
  • Faith and Reason in “Some Answered Questions” Ramin Vasli · Session #89 · 2009
  • Gateways to the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ of the Báb: Some Introductory Notes Based on an Examination of its Surah Stephen Lambden · Session #88 · 2009
  • Geschichte der Bábí-Religion — Fortsetzung Iradj Eshraghi · Session #91 · 2009
  • Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities (`Alam-i Amr) and the Primordial Covenant in the Bábí—Bahá’í Writings Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009
  • Names and Attributes of God Stephen Lambden · Session #89 · 2009
  • Reality Concealed Behind the Veil Nadia Khazraee · Session #89 · 2009
  • Resurrection: Hell and Heaven Ghasem Bayat · Session #88 · 2009
  • Soul, Spirit, Mind and Intellect, from Antiquity to a Bahá’í Perspective: An Intertextual Trajectory from Biblical Times and Hellenistic Antiquity to the Islamic and Bábí-Bahá’í Psychology Stephen Lambden · Session #88 · 2009
  • Tahirih’s Insight into the Inner Nature of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh Laleh Shahriary · Session #88 · 2009
  • The Báb’s Commentary on the Hadith of Kumail: What is Reality? Moojan Momen · Session #89 · 2009
  • The Land of Za’farán (ard-i-za’farán) in the Bábí-Bahá’í Scriptures Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
  • A Commentary on Fire Tablet Nadia Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
  • And It Came to Pass: the Báb and the Fulfillment of Shí’í Islamic Messianism (Part 1) Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • And It Came to Pass: the Báb and the Fulfillment of Shí’í Islamic Messianism (Part 2) Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • Another Modern-Day Messiah: Sulayman Al-Murshid and the political theology of ‘Alawi separatism in French Mandatory Syria Jason Pack · Session #83 · 2008
  • Identifying Roots and Mechanisms of Religious Prejudice: Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings on the 12th Imám Armin Eschraghi · Session #83 · 2008
  • The Concept of Holy and Sacred anonymous · Session #83 · 2008
  • The Khutbas or literary “Sermons” of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • Joseph and the Motif of the Garment of Joseph in the Qayyūmu’l-Asmá’ and other Bábí-Bahá’i Sacred Writings. Stephen Lambden · Session #74 · 2007
  • Khutbah al-Jidda (Oration at Jeddah) of the Bab Stephen Lambden · Session #76 · 2007
  • A Comparative Study of Two Istidlaliyyih Texts: The Báb’s Dal’il-i- Sab’ah (Seven Proof) and Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i Iqán Stephen Lambden · Session #67 · 2006
  • A Comparative Study of Two Istidlaliyyih Texts: The Báb’s Dal’il-i- Sab’ah (Seven Proofs) and Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i Iqán Stephen Lambden · Session #69 · 2006
  • A preliminary survey of the press references to the Bábi and Bahá’í religions 1844-1932 Amin Egea · Session #69 · 2006
  • A review of the concepts of “Manifestation of God” in the Bábi and Baha’i scripture Ghasem Bayat · Session #67 · 2006
  • Baron Rosen’s archives in the Russian Academy of Sciences Youli Ioannesyan · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
  • Biblical echoes in the Du`a al-simat (Prayer of the Signs): with some notes on the Commentary of Sayyid Kazim al-Husayni al-Rashti (d.1259/1843) and Babi-Baha’i intertextualities Stephen Lambden · Session #69 · 2006
  • Die Bábí- und Bahá’í-Religion im Spiegel deutschsprachiger Veröffentlichungen der Jahre 1844 - 1921 Hans-Peter Diebel · Session #70 · 2006
  • From the Surat al-mulk to the Surat al-muluk, Part 1: Kingship and Religious Authority in Two Babi-Bahai Texts S. Quinn · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
  • Martyrdom in the Bábi Faith Sasha Dehghani · Session #69 · 2006
  • Millennial Expectation in Early Shaykhism: A review of the literature Ismael Velasco · Session #69 · 2006
  • Some Aspects of the Shi`i-Shaykhí Universe and of the Persian and Arabic Writings of Sayyid Kázim al-Husayní al-Rashtí Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • Super Babies: The Prophets of God Taeed Quddusi · Session #72 · 2006
  • The Grandeur of Islam and the Magnificence of the Qur’an: The Bab’s Dala’il-i Sab`ah (Seven Proofs and the Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i iqan (Book of Certitude) Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • The Presence of the Heroic in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil Jack McLean · Session #72 · 2006
  • The Sidrah (Lote Tree) and Sidrat al-Munataha (Lote Tree of the Extremity): Some Aspects of their Islamic and Babi-Baha’i Interpretation Stephen Lambden · Session #67 · 2006
  • Bahá’í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863) Ramsey Zeine · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
  • Dimensions of Imam Ali’s Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) and its Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá’í Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #62 · 2005
  • General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi: Summary of the major themes Muin Afnani · Session #60 · 2005
  • Lawh-i-Hikmat (Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Wisdom): Spiritual Materialism vs. Dialogical Thinking Wolfgang Klebel · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part I) Sholeh Quinn · Session #62 · 2005
  • Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part II) Sholeh Quinn · Session #60 · 2005
  • Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection of Jesus: Some ancient and modern traditions and Baha’i and Perspectives Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
  • Mysteries within Mysteries: Some Notes on the Teachings of the Báb’s Kitáb-i-Panj Sha’n Stephen Lambden · Session #62 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be enterede Habib Riazati · Session #59 · 2005
  • Sabaeanism and African Traditional Religion and Some Christian Islamic and Bahá’í References Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #62 · 2005
  • Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán James B. Thomas · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Surat al-Dhikr of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (chapter 108): A provisional translation and commentary Moojan Momen · Session #62 · 2005
  • Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry Amin Banani · Session #60 · 2005
  • Tahrif (“scriptural falsification”) and Tanzil (“divine revelation”): Some aspects of divine guidance through sacred Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Báb and Baha’u’llah, John the Baptist, and Jesus in a Tablet Revealed in Adrianople Mina Yazdani · Session #65 · 2005
  • The Commentary of the Báb on `Man Arafa Nafsieh fa qad Araf Rabehí in relation to the commentaries of Bahá’u’lláh and the Master Habib Riazati · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) ascribed to Imam `Ali: Shaykhi, Babi and Baha’i Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #65 · 2005
  • The Return of Apologetics: Apologetics parallels in the early Christianity, Islam and Bahá’í Faith Babak Farrokhzad · Session #62 · 2005
  • Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb: An Analysis of the Sources and their Theological Significance J. Vahid Brown · Session #58 · 2004 · PDF
  • Beauty and Wonder from a philosophical and spiritual point of view Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #54 · 2004
  • Chinese Tea and Spiritual Wayfaring in the Early Writings of the Bab William McCants · Session #58 · 2004
  • Dynamic shift in theological and social aspects of religious systems: Reflections on the contributions of Persian Bayán and Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #58 · 2004
  • Interpretation of the Opening Words of the Qurían: A Comparative Study of the Islamic, Babi and Bahá’i Commentaries on “Bismillih” Ghasem Bayat · Session #53 · 2004
  • Signs of Prophethood: An exposition on a Tablet by `Abdu’l-Bahá James B. Thomas · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
  • Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam, and Cosmos in the Qur’án Commentaries of the Báb J. Vahid Brown · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
  • The Báb’s Dalá’il Sab`ah (Seven Proofs): Some Introductory Notes Stephen Lambden · Session #54 · 2004
  • The Báb’s Tablets to Muhammad Shah Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #58 · 2004
  • The St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of materials on the Babi and Bahá’i Faiths: Primary and other Sources Youli Ioannesyan · Session #54 · 2004 · PDF
  • An Early Shaykhi Reaction to the Claims of the Bab William McCants · Session #51 · 2003
  • An Introductory Review of Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Qina’ S. Quinn · Session #51 · 2003 · PDF
  • Báb’s Commentary on the Hadith al-Haqíqa (The Hadith about the Ultimate Reality): or the Tradition of Kumayl ibn Ziyad, al-Nakha’i Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
  • Baghdad-Periode aus historischer Sicht: Welche politische und soziale. Entwicklungen gab es im Osmanischen Reich wahrend dieser Periode? Necati Alkan · Session #49 · 2003
  • Early References to the Bábi and Bahá’í Religions in Spain Amin Egea · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
  • Kaleidoscope: Angelology and Colour Mysticism in Babi-Baha’i Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
  • Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu’l-Baha Necati Alkan · Session #48 · 2003
  • Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, and Habib Raizati · Session #46 · 2003
  • References to Karim Khan Kirmani and the Irshád al-’Avám in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán S. Quinn · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
  • Strong Readers of Sacred Texts: Babi-Bahá’i Semiotics J. Vahid Brown · Session #51 · 2003
  • The Bab’s Commentary on the Ultimate Reality Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003
  • The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
  • The Bab’s Sermon at Jeddah Stephen Lambden · Session #51 · 2003
  • The Concept and Significance of “Manifestation” in the Writings of the Bab Habib Riazati · Session #51 · 2003
  • An Introduction to the Writings of the Bab Habib Riazati · Session #44 · 2002
  • Aspects of the Prophetology (nubuwwa) and Theophanology (mazhariyya) of the Báb, Some Stephen Lambden · Session #42 · 2002
  • Comparable Laws: Two Different Dispensations: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Bayán Nabil Fares · Session #40 · 2002
  • Conversion Accounts in Babi-Baha’i Chronicles Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #44 · 2002
  • Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá and its relation to the Station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Sohi Rastegar · Session #40 · 2002
  • Motif of Joseph’s Garment in Islamo-Biblical and Babi-Baha’i Scripture: With a translation and Commentary on the Surat al-Qamis of Baha’u’llah Stephen Lambden · Session #44 · 2002
  • Quaternities of the Writings of the Bab: A Study in Babi and Baha’i Symbolism J. Vahid Brown · Session #44 · 2002
  • Súrih-yi-Vafá (Tablet to Vafá) Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares · Session #40 · 2002
  • Tablet to the Pope Koorosh Zaerpoor · Session #40 · 2002
  • The Bab’s Commentary on the Verse of Light Moojan Momen · Session #42 · 2002
  • The Bab’s Risala fi’l-jasad al-nabi (Treatise upon the Body of the Prophet Muhammad) Stephen Lambden · Session #42 · 2002
  • The Bab’s Tablet to Sultan Abdulmecid: Some Notes on Early Bábís in the Ottoman Empire Necati Alkan · Session #42 · 2002 · PDF
  • The Bab’s Treatise on the Translocation of the Body of the Prophet Muhammad: An Introduction, Translation and Commentary Stephen Lambden · Session #44 · 2002
  • The Order of Bahá’u’lláh (nazm-i-Bahá’u’lláh) in the Báb’s Persian Bayan Ismael Velasco · Session #42 · 2002
  • The Role of “the Feminine” in the Writings of the Bab Todd Lawson · Session #44 · 2002
  • A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Bahá’i Scriptures: The importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Bahá’i Studies Ismael Velasco · Session #36 · 2001
  • Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
  • Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh (Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaráqa’l-Mukhlisun): An Exegesis James B. Thomas · Session #34 · 2001 · PDF
  • Lawh-i- Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) Sateh Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
  • Ling Ming Tang and the Influence of Babi and Bahá’i Teaching Jianping Wang · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Markiz al-Marakiz: Qazvin and the Babi/Bahá’í historiographical tradition Sholeh Quinn · Session #36 · 2001
  • Mysticism in the African Traditional Religion and the Bahá’i Faith: classification of Concepts and Practices Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
  • Tablet of Visitation for the Báb William McCants · Session #38 · 2001 · PDF
  • Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
  • Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru’ya (Dream), and Burhan (Reason) Muin Afnani · Session #34 · 2001
  • A Review of Kitáb-i-Badí’ (The New Book) Ghasem Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
  • A Solution to the Ethnic Identity Problems in Swedish Schools with the Help of Bahá’í Material Per Akerdahl · Session #28 · 2000
  • Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian A. Wittman · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • Persianate Historiography and Family Trees: The Use of Genealogy in Safavid Chronicles and Select Bábí-Bahá’í Sources S. Quinn · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths Moshe Sharon · Session #28 · 2000
  • Some of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Akká Muin Afnani · Session #30 · 2000
  • Súrihs of Hájj: Pilgrimage to the Two Houses Nabil Fares · Session #32 · 2000
  • Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh to the Christians Sateh Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
  • Tablets Pertaining to the Covenant: Adrianople 1863-1868 Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares · Session #32 · 2000
  • The Báb’s Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God Todd Lawson · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • The Background and Significance of Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretations of hurufat al-muqatta’at, the Mysterious Arabic Letters of the Qur’án Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
  • The Most Great Separation Sina M. Mossayeb · Session #32 · 2000
  • Theological and Rhetorical Significance of Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak Frank Lewis · Session #30 · 2000
  • Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá’u’lláh, Some Peter Terry · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • From Alwáh to Ziyara: The Literary Forms of the Writings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • Lawh-i-Ru’yá (Tablet of Vision) Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • Mystical Themes in the Tablets Revealed During the Baghdad Period: Gems of Mysteries, Maid of Heaven, Ode of Varqá’íyyih, Tablet of All Food Muin Afnan · Session #26 · 1999
  • Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
  • Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta’ih: Commentary on the “Isolated Letters” Nabil Fares · Session #26 · 1999
  • The Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory: A Summary of Glorious Revelation William John Ridgers · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • Unsealing the Significance of Allegories in the Bible Using the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Iqán) Brent Poirier · Session #26 · 1999
  • Introducing Kitáb-i-Badí’ Nader Saiedi · Session #20 · 1998
  • The Best of Stories (Ahsan al-Qasas): Joseph Motifs and the Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretation of the Joseph Narrative Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • The Tablet of the Fear of God [Righteousness, Piety...] Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #15 · 1997
  • Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá’í Faith and the New Age Movement Paul S. Dodenhoff · Session #15 · 1997
  • Qa’im (Ariser) and Qayyum (Deity Self-Subsistent): The background and significance of twin messianic advents in Babi-Bahá’i scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Robert Stockman · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’í Faith Robert Stockman · Session #15 · 1997
  • Taiping and other Chinese Messianic Movements in the Nineteenth Century Kamran Ekbal · Session #14 · 1997
  • The Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
  • Understanding the Bahá’í Faith through Study of the Christian Faith Benjamin H. La Framboise · Session #9 · 1996
  • E.G. Browne’s Misconceptions Nicola Towfigh · Session #8 · 1995
  • Relationship of the Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the Laws of the Bayan of the Bab Jeff Simmonds · Session #5 · 1995
  • Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity Christopher Buck · Session #5 · 1995
  • Taqiyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babi and Baha’i Religions Kamran Ekbal · Session #8 · 1995
  • The Legal Basis of Islamic Opposition to the Baha’i Faith Moojan Momen · Session #8 · 1995
  • The Position of Mírzá Yahyá Núrí Subh-i-Azal: Some aspects of Azalí Anti-Baha’i Polemic and Baha’i Apologetics Stephen Lambden · Session #8 · 1995
  • Bahá’i Parables Craig Loehle · Session #2 · 1994
  • Entombed in a Dead Language: The Saints Raising out of their Graves Thomas May · Session #2 · 1994
  • European Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Roman Bohacek · Session #4 · 1994
  • Huququ’llah, Zakat, and Khums Vahid Behmardi · Session #4 · 1994
  • Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas S Fazel · Session #4 · 1994
  • The History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #4 · 1994
  • The Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá’i Writings Robert Stockman · Session #4 · 1994
  • The Tafsír Súratu’l-Asr of the Bab Todd Lawson · Session #1 · 1993

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