Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imami Shiism »

Meir M. Bar-Asher, Ph.D. (1991) in Shī‘ī studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published on Muslim philosophy, Shī‘ī exegesis and Nusayrī religion.

An exploration of the features and methods of Imāmī exegesis. Principally, it offers a description and analysis of the major tenets of Imāmī doctrine, as reflected in the earliest Imāmī works of exegesis and related sources, up to the Major Occultation of the twelfth Imam in 329/941.