Introduction: RABI'A, "THE WOMAN WHO NEVER DIES" I. The Myth Of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya As A Master Narrative II. Key Premodern Sources and Modern Works on Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya III. What Is a Myth? IV. The Plan of this Work Chapter 1 RABI'A THE TEACHER I. Who Was the "Real" Rabi'a? a. Early Sources for the Historical Rabi'a b. Alleged Students and Associates of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya II. Rabi'a in the Earliest Sources a. Rabi'a the Arab b. Rabi'a the Leader c. Rabi'a the Sunni Muslim d. Rabi'a the Eloquent III. Rabi'a the ...
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Introduction: RABI'A, "THE WOMAN WHO NEVER DIES" I. The Myth Of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya As A Master Narrative II. Key Premodern Sources and Modern Works on Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya III. What Is a Myth? IV. The Plan of this Work Chapter 1 RABI'A THE TEACHER I. Who Was the "Real" Rabi'a? a. Early Sources for the Historical Rabi'a b. Alleged Students and Associates of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya II. Rabi'a in the Earliest Sources a. Rabi'a the Arab b. Rabi'a the Leader c. Rabi'a the Sunni Muslim d. Rabi'a the Eloquent III. Rabi'a the Teacher and the Culture of Adab in Early Islam a. Rabi'a and Sufyan al-Thawri b. Ta'dib: The Art of Character Formation c. Ta'dib and the "Manly" Virtues: Muruwwa and Hilm d. Rabi'a's Way of Ta'dib Chapter 2 RABI'A THE ASCETIC I. Conceptualizing Asceticism in Early Islam a. The World/Nonworld Dichotomy b. The Problem of Asceticism as a Theoretical Category II. Terms of Early Islamic Asceticism a. Zuhd (Renunciation) b. Wara' (Ethical Precaution) c. Nusk (Ascetic Ritualism) d. Faqr (Poverty) III. Traditions of Women's Asceticism in Basra a. The Legacy of 'A'isha b. The School of Mu'adha al-'Adawiyya and Instrumental Asceticism c. The Weeping Women (al-Bakiyat) of Basra IV. The Asceticism of Rabi'a and Her Circle a. Rabi'a's Alleged Students and Associates b. From Instrumental Asceticism to Essential Asceticism Chapter 3 RABI'A THE LOVER I. From Historical Representation to Cultural Icon II. Asceticism and Love Mysticism in Early Islamic Basra a. From Asceticism to Love Mysticism b. Love of God in the Qur'an and Hadith c. The Ascetic Lovers of Basra d. The Question of Rabi'a's Celibacy III. Rabi'a the "Muslim Diotima?" a. The "Incognito Presence" of Plato's Symposium b. Rabi'a the Lover in Abu Talib al-Makki's Qut al-Qulub IV. Rabi'a the Love Poet a. The Poem of the Two Loves b. The Poem of the Intimate Gift Chapter 4 RABI'A THE SUFI I. The Lady Reconsidered: Can We See the Real "Rabi'a the Sufi"? II. Locating Rabi'a the Sufi: What Was A "Sufi" in Eighth-Century Islam? III. The Heart as a Metaphor in Early Islamic Mysticism a. Scriptural Antecedents b. Possible Paths of Transmission c. The Metaphor of the Heart for Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya and Her Contemporaries IV. Rabi'a the "Knower of God" Chapter 5 RABI'A THE ICON (I): THE SUFI IMAGE I. Rabi'a As A Literary Figure: Myth, Icon, and the "Reality Effect" II. From Visage to Vita: 'Attar's Outline of the Rabi'a Myth a. Composing the Background: 'Attar's Hagiographic Predecessors b. 'Attar's Portrayal of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya in Tadhkirat al-Awliya' III. Every Picture Tells a Story: 'Attar's Emplotment of Rabi'a's Vita IV. Postscript: Where is Rabi'a Buried? Chapter 6 RABI'A THE ICON (II): THE SECULAR IMAGE I. From Religious to Secular Narratives II. Rabi'a the Existentialist III. Rabi'a the Film Icon IV. Postscript: Rabi'a, The Phantom of the Television Series Epilogue RABI'A, THE MYTH AND THE NARRATIVE Bibliography I. Sources in Arabic and Persian II. Sources in European Languages Index
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