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Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn [electronic resource] / Amira El-Zein.

By: El-Zein, Amira.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Contemporary issues in the Middle East. Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxiii, 215 p.Subject(s): Jinn | Islamic demonologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 297.2/17 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.