The ʿAjamization of Islam in Ethiopia through esoteric textual manifestations in two collections of Ethiopian Arabic manuscripts
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The ʿAjamization of Islam in Ethiopia through esoteric textual manifestations in two collections of Ethiopian Arabic manuscripts. / Hernandez-Lopez, Adday.
In: Islamic Africa, Vol. 8, 10.2017, p. 171-192.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The ʿAjamization of Islam in Ethiopia through esoteric textual manifestations in two collections of Ethiopian Arabic manuscripts
AU - Hernandez-Lopez, Adday
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Arabic letters -as a materialization of the ‘chosen language’ of the Revelation and its esoteric facet- have been employed for the creation of magical amulets in different Muslim communities. Esotericism was accepted by Islam in the Ethiopian Muslim communities and the analyis of the esoteric material in the corpus chosen for this contribution shows a fully Islamic tradition of esoteric believes, amulet-making, divination, etc. but, could this kind of literature constitute a source of information about local peculiarities and the ʿAjamization of Islam as well?
AB - Arabic letters -as a materialization of the ‘chosen language’ of the Revelation and its esoteric facet- have been employed for the creation of magical amulets in different Muslim communities. Esotericism was accepted by Islam in the Ethiopian Muslim communities and the analyis of the esoteric material in the corpus chosen for this contribution shows a fully Islamic tradition of esoteric believes, amulet-making, divination, etc. but, could this kind of literature constitute a source of information about local peculiarities and the ʿAjamization of Islam as well?
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Islam in Africa
U2 - 10.1163/21540993-00801004
DO - 10.1163/21540993-00801004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 171
EP - 192
JO - Islamic Africa Journal
JF - Islamic Africa Journal
SN - 2154-0993
T2 - Sacred Word: The Changing Meanings in Textual Cultures of Islamic Africa
Y2 - 21 April 2016 through 22 April 2016
ER -
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