A Note on Translation, Dates and Periodization
Foreword by Dale F. Eickelman
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Daphna Ephrat and Meir Hatina
Part I/Constructions of Religious Leadership in the Formative Period
Overview by Maribel Fierro
1. Authority within the Hanbali Madhhab: The Case of Barbahari, Nimrod Hurvitz
2. Restoring the Prophet's Authority, Rejecting Taqlid: Ibn Hazm's "Epistle to the One who Shouts from Afar", Camilla Adang
3. Succession to the Prophets: Shi'i theological and Practical Solutions, Ehud Krinis
4. Oral Torah: Ideology and History in the Epistle of Sherira Gaon, Gerald J. Blidstein
Part II/Centralization and Diffusion of Authority in the Middle Period.
Overview by Jonathan P. Berkey
5. Spiritual Heirs of the Prophet: Sufi Masters in a Period of Sunni Revitalization, Daphna Ephrat
6. 'Ulama' of Damascus and Ottoman 'Ulama': Career Patterns and Types of Authority, Michael Winter
7. Books, Commentators and the Democratization of Knowledge in the Geonic Period, Meir Ben-Shahar
Part III/Knowledge and Leadership: Modern Constructions
Overview by Itzchak Weismann
8. The Rise of a Charismatic Mujahid: The Salafi-Jihadi Quest for Authority. Eli Alshech
9. Martyrs as Preachers: Altruistic Death and Moral Authority, Meir Hatina
10. The New Media and Islamic Activism: the Case of 'Amr Khalid. Ksenia Svetlova
11. Charisma and Politics in the Evolution of Modern Shi'i Leadership, Meir Litvak
12. In Search of Religious Authority: The International Union of Religious Scholars
Appendix A: The IUMS Statement on Niqab and the Islamic and Jewish Method of Slaughter
Appendix B: The IUMS Statement Concerning the Events in Syria
Muhammad al-Atawneh
13. "Maggid" or "Prediger"? Knowledge and Religious Leadership within Eastern-European Jewry at the Beginning of the Modern Era, Haim Gertner
14. Religious Career Opportunities of a Lay Preacher: Folk Preaching in the Haredi Teshuva Movement, Nissim Leon
List of Contributors
Index
