Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Nomenclature
Maps by David A. Michelson and Ian Mladjov
Introduction
PART I. FOUNDATIONS
1. Origin Stories
2. Poetry
3. Doctrine and Disputation
PART II. PRACTICES
4. Liturgy
5. Asceticism
6. Mysticism and Prayer
PART III. TEXTS AND TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION
7. Biblical Interpretation
8. Hagiography
9. Books, Knowledge, and Translation
PART IV. INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS
10. Judaism
11. Islam
12. Religions of the Silk Road
Appendix A. Translations and Editions
Appendix B. Biographies of Named Authors
Appendix C. Glossary
Index