Machine generated contents note: 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays
The Work and Its Putative Author
A Book with Multiple Strata
A Work of Enduring Popularity
Fragments from the Book of Sulaym b. Qays
Table of Contents of the Book of Sulaym b. Qays
2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies: Al-Sayyari and His Book of Revelation and Falsification / Etan Kohlberg
Questions Raised by Western Studies
Uncertainties and Contradictions in the Islamic Sources
The Falsification of the Qur'an According to Imami Shi'ites
Al-Sayyari: Notes on His Life and Work
Remarks on The Book of Revelation and Falsification or The Book of Variant Readings
3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics: On the Qur'anic Commentary of al-Hibari
The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an
Al-Hibari and His Qur'anic Commentary
Personalized Commentaries and the Beginnings of Esotericism
4. The Emergence of Gnosis: A Monograph on Knowledge Compiled by al-Saffar al-Qummi
A Representative of a Double Period of Transition
Some Significant Anomalies
Table of Contents of the K. Basa'ir al-darajat
5. Perfecting a Religion: Remarks on al-Kulayni and His Summa of Traditions / Hasan Ansari
The Scarcity of Direct Sources of Information Amid Countless Uncertainties
Some Historical Points of Reference
Biographical Elements
Observations on the Work
The Formation of an Entire Religion Set Apart.