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EXEGESIS vi. In Aḵbārī and Post-Safavid Esoteric Shiʿism
Todd Lawson
Aḵbārī exegesis of the Koran, the style and content of which are much older than the Safavid period, became during that time a common method of interpreting Islamic scripture.
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EXEGESIS vii. In Bahaism
Todd Lawson
importance of Koranic exegesis (tafsīr) and interpretation (taʾwīl)—a somewhat arbitrary distinction—for the Bābī and Bahai religions may be gathered from the fact that the inception of the former is dated to the commencement of a work of scriptural interpretation, namely the Bāb’s Tafsīr sūrat Yūsof, and that, in many ways, the most important work in the Bahai canon is the Ketāb-e īqān by Bahāʾ-Allāh.
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EXEGESIS viii. Nishapuri School of Quranic Exegesis
Walid A. Saleh
A school of Quranic exegesis was established by three scholars from Nishapur in the 11th century which transformed the genre of tafsir and Quranic sciences and came to be known as the Nishapuri School.
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EXILARCH
Isaiah M. Gafni
(Hebrew resh galuta), the leading authority in the Jewish community in Babylonia.
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EXILE
Cross-Reference
See DEPORTATIONS; DIASPORA.
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EXTRATERRITORIALITY
Cross-Reference
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EXTREMIST SHIʿITES
Cross-Reference
See ḠOLĀT.
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EY IRĀN
Morteza Hoseyni Dehkordi and Parvin Loloi
(O Iran, O bejeweled land), the title of an ardently patriotic hymn of praise to the land of Iran.
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EYES and EARS of KING
Cross-Reference
See COURTS AND COURTIERS.
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EYVĀN
Cross-Reference
See AYVĀN.