Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn
El-Zein, Amira.
Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn [electronic resource] / Amira El-Zein. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009. - xxiii, 215 p. - Contemporary issues in the Middle East . - Contemporary issues in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Jinn.
Islamic demonology.
Electronic books.
BP166.89 / .E49 2009eb
297.2/17
Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn [electronic resource] / Amira El-Zein. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009. - xxiii, 215 p. - Contemporary issues in the Middle East . - Contemporary issues in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Jinn.
Islamic demonology.
Electronic books.
BP166.89 / .E49 2009eb
297.2/17