Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

11/15/1977 - 10/14/1979

Funding Totals

$34,000.00 (approved)
$34,000.00 (awarded)


Translation of Selections from al-Kafi b y Kulayni

FAIN: RL-*0341-78

Joseph Eliash
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To translate sections of Twelver-Shi'i, the tenth-century legal corpus considered by Islamic jurists as the most authoritative and most complete collection of the sayings of the Imams. It deals with topics such as theology, jurisprudence and political theory. A critical introduction will accompany the translation.