The Ocean Of His Words

, by Hatcher, John S.

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ISBN: 9780877432906 | 0877432902
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Copyright: 3/1/2002

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Supplemental Materials

Foreword to Second Edition

xiii

Foreword to First Edition

xvii

Preface

xviii

Acknowledgments

xxii

1 Revelation as Art

(30)

A. The Rejection of the Prophet-Artist

(3)

B. The Manifestation as Artist

(5)

C. Assumptions about Bahá'u'lláh's Art

(3)

D. Revelation as an Artistic Process

(4)

E. The Prophet's Function in This Process

(5)

F. The Importance of This Distinction

(5)

G. Becoming a Creative Reader

(5)

2 Narrative Perspective in the Art of Bahá'u'lláh

(30)

A. Narrative Point of View Defined

(2)

B. Narrative Perspective in The Hidden Words

(5)

C. Narrative Perspective in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

(4)

D. Narrative Perspective in the Kitáb-i-Iqán

(4)

E. Narrative Perspective in the Allegorical Works

(3)

F. Bahá'u'lláh's Use of the Persona Device in Prayers

(7)

G. Some Final Considerations

(4)

3 Historical Criticism and the Art of Baha'u'llaih

(34)

A. Some Problems with Traditional Historical Criticism

(3)

B. The Layers of Historical Context in the Art of Bahá'u'lláh

(21)

1. Bahá'u'lláh's Art as Ushering in the Maturation of Humankind

(4)

2. Bah'a'u'llah's Revelation as Fulfilling Islamic and Babi Expectations

(4)

3. Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation as a Magnum Opus

(5)

4. Bahá'u'lláh's Life as Historical Context

(3)

5. Individual Recipients and Historical Context

(4)

C. Historical Context and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner

(9)

4 Genre and Style in the Art of Bahá'u'lláh

(68)

1. The Mystical Treatise

103

(4)

2. The Lyric Mode

107

(4)

3. The Doctrinal or Philosophical Essay

111

(9)

a. The Kitáb-i-Iqán (Book of Certitude)

111

(3)

b. The Súriy-i-Vafá (Tablet to Vafá)

114

(3)

c. The Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

117

(3)

4. Gnomic Verse

120

(5)

5. Epistolary

125

(8)

a. Epistles to Believers

125

(1)

b. Epistles to the Kings and Rulers

126

(5)

c. Epistles to Adversaries of the Bahá'i Religion

131

(2)

6. Allegory

133

(6)

a. The Seven Valleys

134

(1)

b. The Tablet of the Holy Mariner

135

(3)

c. The Súratu'l-Haykal

138

(1)

7. Supplications and Meditations

139

(10)

a. Prayers for General Use

140

(1)

b. Occasional Prayers

141

(3)

c. Prayers and Tablets of Special Potency

144

(2)

d. Prayers for Individuals

146

(2)

e. Prayers for the Manifestation

148

(1)

8. Homiletic and Orational Works

149

(4)

9. Documents of the Covenant

153

(12)

a. The Súriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

154

(4)

b. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

158

(2)

c. The Kitáb-i-`Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

160

(5)

5 The Húris of Inner Meaning: Solving the Mysteries of Figurative Language

165

(68)

A. Why the Prophets Are Poets

166

(2)

B. The Components of Figurative Language

168

(8)

C. The Power of Figurative Language

176

(5)

D. Experimenting with a Matrix

181

(21)

1. Experiment Number 1

181

(2)

2. Experiment Number 2

183

(4)

3. Experiment Number 3

187

(7)

4. Experiment Number 4

194

(8)

E. Patterns of Imagery in the Art of Bahá'u'lláh

202

(28)

1. How Patterns Become Established

202

(7)

2. Sample Patterns Derived from Repetition

209

(26)

a. Drinking Imagery

209

(3)

b. Olfactory Imagery

212

(2)

c. The Cycle of the Day

214

(1)

d. Tree Imagery

215

(3)

e. Garden Imagery

218

(2)

f. Wine and Vineyard Imagery

220

(4)

g. City and Fortress Imagery

224

(2)

h. Garment or Clothing Imagery

226

(4)

F. Some Conclusions about Imagery

230

(3)

6 Subject and Structure in the Art of Bahá'u'lláh

233

(86)

A. The Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

235

(11)

1. Listing Groups of Ideas

236

(1)

2. Outlining the Lawh-i-Hikmat

237

(6)

3. Some Conclusions about the Pattern of Ideas

243

(3)

B. The Pattern of Ideas in the Kitáb-i-Iqán

246

(73)

1. Listing the Major Groups of Ideas

247

(5)

2. Outlining the Pattern or Subordination of Ideas

252

(60)

3. The Pattern of Ideas in the Kitáb-i-Iqáan

312

(7)

7 A Close Reading of Text: Putting It All Together

319

(40)

A. Problems and Mysteries in the Tablet of Ahmad

320

(7)

B. The Narrative Point of View

327

(2)

C. The Historical Context

329

(12)

1. Ahmad's Life

330

(5)

2. The Implications of Ahmad's Response

335

(2)

3. The Two Ahmads

337

(4)

D. A Generic Analysis of the Tablet of Ahmad

341

(4)

E. Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad

345

(4)

E A Structural Analysis of the Tablet of Ahmad

349

(3)

G. A Close Reading of the Tablet of Ahmad

352

(5)

H. Some Major Conclusions about the Tablet of Alhmad

357

(1)

I. Conclusion

358

(1)

Postscript

359

(2)

Appendix: Events in the Life of Bahá'u'lláh and Some of His Revealed Works

361

(6)

Works Cited

367

(4)

Index

371

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