The Baha'i Studies Listserv Thanks to everyone that has helped out on this topic. I was wondering if anyone knows of any "academic" historical treatments of the W&T. Like a paper that penetrates into what was going on historically to the Baha'is during each of the three stages of the development of the W&T. I think that would be really interesting. I know there are alot of "theological" commentaries on the W&T from many different perspectives but I haven't seen a "historical" treatment of the W&T, some context to the W&T. One thing that would be interesting to me, and I am fuzzy on the details, would be the appointment of the Hands during Abdu'l-Baha's lifetime to protect the faith in case of Abdu'l-Bahas death and what impact that would have on the context of the W&T in relation to the relationship of the Hands ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Cause) to the Guardianship. For the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi ( (March 1<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1>, 1897 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897> — November 4<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_4>, 1957 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957>) [rock on Pisces], would have been an child at the time of the first writing of the W&T in 1906. I guess my question is how does historical context impact theological understanding of the W&T?
peace, mike On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Sen & Sonja <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On 13 Oct 2009 at 19:52, anarchist hiker wrote: > > > Can anyone confirm that Persian was the original language of the W&T? > > citation? > > Photostats have been made of the original, but so far as I know they > have not been published and are not available on line. You can > probably find some in the Wilmette archives and in the UK archives. > But if a citation will suffice: > > ""The second aspect, the literary style of the Will, can only be > properly judged by one who is familiar with the Persian language > because most of the Master's Tablets that are published in English > are in early translations that leave great room for improvement. > Abdu'l-Bahá had a very characteristic, inimitable style and there is > no doubt at all in the minds of the Persian Bahá'ís (who, until the > time of Shoghi Effendi's passing, composed the majority of the > followers of Bahá'u'lláh) that the Will and Testament is written in > that style." > (Adib Taherzadeh, The Covenant of Baha'u'llah, p. 348) > > > > [email protected] > senmcglinn.wordpress.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Sen McGlinn *** > All is to be yielded up, save only the *remembrance* of God; > all is to be dispraised, except His praise. > Today, to this melody of the Company on high, > the world will leap and dance: > `Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!' > > (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 93) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
