Louis Massignon
French Catholic scholar of Islam, Arabist, and orientalist, best known for his monumental study of the Sufi martyr al-Hallaj and for pioneering Christian–Muslim dialogue; he taught at the Collège de France and significantly shaped 20th-century Islamic studies.
Books
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1. Al Hallaj
martyr mystique de l'Islam
An exhaustive study of a 10th-century Sufi mystic who was tried and executed in Baghdad, tracing his life, ecstatic teachings, and the social, legal, and theological forces that condemned him. Drawing on vast Arabic and Persian sources, it reconstructs his sayings and discipleship, interprets the notorious utterance “I am the Truth,” and examines themes of union, love, and martyrdom. The work situates his legacy within Islamic mysticism and the Abbasid milieu, revealing the enduring tension between orthodoxy and ecstatic experience.
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