Nusayri Path of Knowledge

This book is a study and edition of the Manhaj al-?ilm wa l-bay?n wa-nuzhat al-sam? wa l-?iy?n (The Path of Knowledge and Clarification and the Bliss of Hearing and Seeing). The Manhaj is a Nusayri doctrinal treatise composed by ?I?mat al-Dawla during the fifth/eleventh century. This edition makes this important source available to scholars for the first time. The Manhaj is a comprehensive compendium of knowledge for followers of the faith. It is also an autobiographic account detailing the author's conversion and the teachings of his teacher, Ab? l-Fat? al-Baghd?d?. The Manhaj thus provides a personal, vivid account of the networks through which esoteric knowledge was sought and shared