Interview with Dr Nader El-Bizri
Dr Nader El-Bizri introduces the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a 52-volume encyclopaedia crafted by a secretive organisation of Muslim thinkers.
Publication:The Ikhw膩n al-峁fa示 and their Ras膩示il
Editor:聽Dr Nader El-Bizri
Questions addressed in the interview:
- Can you briefly introduce the聽Ikhwan al-Safa鈥櫬爐o our audience.
- Can you briefly describe what were the Rasa鈥檌l聽Ikhwan al-Safa鈥.
- What are the major themes covered in the Rasa鈥檌l and how do they relate to the intellectual situation of their time?
- What was the impact of the Rasa鈥檌l in the history of ideas in Islam?
- How does the Rasa鈥檌l corpus compare with other classical encyclopaedic works?
- Can you describe the project of publishing an Arabic edition and English translation of the Rasa鈥檌l, and what role this publication will play in public education about Muslim civilisations?
