Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period
(2025)
Thesis
Tanaka, Y. (2025). Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/soas.00463325
This dissertation attempts to demonstrate that the Arabic word zindīq, an ambiguous appellation to discredit various targets characterized with heretical tendencies (zandaqah), functioned as a rhetorical device through which Muslim authors displayed... Read More about Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period.