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Lights of 'Irfán Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars Book VII Papers published in Lights of 'Irfán represent the views of their authors. Reproductions from this compilation are permitted provided that the sources and authors are clearly indicated. 'Irfán Colloquia Bahá'í National Center 1233 Central Street Evanston, IL 60201 Phone: (847) 733-3501 Fax: (847) 733-3527 E-mail: iayman@usbnc.org Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund 163 B.E. 2006 C.E. Copyright © 2006, Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund Artwork Trey Yancy Typeset by Jonah Winters, winterswebworks.com

                        Table of Contents  
    
  Preface.............................................................................i    

 Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization
     J. Vahid Brown...................................................................1

 Out of Jewish Roots: Studies of Prayer Patterns in Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Bahá'í Worship
     Ted Brownstein..................................................................29

 Chronicles of a Birth: Early References to the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions in Spain (1854-1876)
     Amín E. Egea....................................................................67

 The St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and
     Bahá'í Faiths: Primary and Other Sources
     Y.A. Ioannesyan.................................................................75

 Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality:
     A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings
     B.R. Khadem....................................................................101

 Lawh-i-Hikmat, Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Wisdom: Towards a Progressive Bahá'í Theology
     Wolfgang A. Klebel.............................................................119

 Further Explorations in Bahá'í Ontology
     Ian Kluge......................................................................163

 "The newly born babe of that Day": Mysticism in the Age of the Maturity of Humankind
     Julio Savi.....................................................................201

 Religion and Exclusivism: a Bahá'í Perspective
     Julio Savi.....................................................................221

 Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond between The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh:
     An Exposition on Excerpts from the Persian Bayán
     James B. Thomas................................................................239

 The Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East: Part 1 (1753-1863)
     Ramsey Zeine...................................................................261

  Appendices

  Appendix I: Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book...285

  Appendix II: Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Six...........................291

  Appendix III: Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia................................299