"Since the first publication of this book in 1959 it has become a classic: It is a sober and objective account by a scholar who has taken a leading part in the editing and evaluation of the Qumran texts." "The book opens with an account of the…
"This is a definitive guide to the life, times and work of the great mystic, poet and preacher, Jalal al-Din Rumi." "Franklin Lewis has gone beyond biography, drawing exhaustively on huge array of sources in their original languages. Using everything…