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Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn

by El-Zein, Amira.

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Series: Contemporary issues in the Middle East Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Syracuse University Press, (Syracuse, N.Y. :) Physical details: xxiii, 215 p.

Subject(s): Jinn. | Islamic demonology. | Electronic books.

Year: 2009

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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.

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