Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal, 1720-1798: A Political and Religious Crisis in Lebanon
Bernard Heyberger
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In this compelling narrative, Bernard Heyberger relates the fascinating history of Hindiyya 'Ujaymi, a highly charismatic eighteenth-century mystic of sinister repute. Heyberger makes a careful study of Hindiyya's life from earliest childhood, with a detailed picture of her formative years in the eighteenth century Christian community of Aleppo, the domestic reality of which is little known, exploring the influences she would have experienced. He leads us through her spiritual development under the direction of the Jesuits, her determination to found a new religious order, and the tragic history of its collapse in a welter of paranoia and persecution. Heyberger also ... Read more
In this compelling narrative, Bernard Heyberger relates the fascinating history of Hindiyya 'Ujaymi, a highly charismatic eighteenth-century mystic of sinister repute. Heyberger makes a careful study of Hindiyya's life from earliest childhood, with a detailed picture of her formative years in the eighteenth century Christian community of Aleppo, the domestic reality of which is little known, exploring the influences she would have experienced. He leads us through her spiritual development under the direction of the Jesuits, her determination to found a new religious order, and the tragic history of its collapse in a welter of paranoia and persecution. Heyberger also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227173886
SKU
V9780227173886
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About Bernard Heyberger
Bernard Heyberger is a Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. At present he is the Director of the Institut d'etude de l'Islam et des Societes du Monde Musulman at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He has lived several times in Syria, Lebanon and Italy and ... Read more
Reviews for Hindiyya, Mystic and Criminal, 1720-1798: A Political and Religious Crisis in Lebanon
Hindiyya is a consummate piece of historical writing that combines biographical narrative, long-term structure analysis and good oldfashioned murder mystery. ... Hindiyya breaks new ground as a study of religious deviance and mentalite in an early modern Levantine society. Stefan Winter, in MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies It is a book that ... Read more