BAHÁ'Í STUDIES REVIEW, Volume 9, 1999/2000
VOLUME 9, 1999/2000    ISSN 1354-8697
THE BAHÁ’Í STUDIES REVIEW

CONTENTS
This issue is dedicated to Greg Massiah who died on 17.9.99.

 
Invited Commentary
  Knowledge and tthe Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh Ian Semple
Papers
Infallible Institutions?
Jamál Effendi and the early history of the Bahá’í Faith in South Asia
Catastrophe, armageddon ansd millennium
Poetry as Revelation
Udo Schaefer
Moojan Momen
Stephen Lambden
Franklin Lewis
Provisional translation of Bahá’u’lláh’s Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak tr. Lewis
Soundings
Some reflections on Juan Cole’s Modernity and Millennium
Historical research and Baha’i scholarship
Indigenous rights and women’s rights in Samoa
Amin Banana
Sholeh Quinn
Maureen Sier
Commentaries
D Brookshaw on Franklin Lewis' "Translating the Hidden Words,",
G Kingdon on Bryan Graham’s “The Bahá’í Faith and Economics”
Book Reviews and Art
John Hatcher’s The Ocean of His Words
Peter Smith’s Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá’í Faith
Revisioning the Sacred (edited by J. McLean)
Mettlemen’s Lua Getsinger and Chapman’s Leroy Ioas
Moojan Momen’s Phenomenon of Religion
S McGlinn
W Collins
D Piff
R Weinberg
C Buck
A Dinwoodie on apocalypse of faith
S Mawhinney on Bahá'í Music
J Ledgard on Danish cinema
R Weinberg on Bernard Leach and his pottery
Obituary
AM Davudi
James Heggie
N Doostdar
G Hassall
Compilation
Introduction D Brookshaw
References to The Hidden Words by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi
Biographical Notes

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(ENGLISH-SPEAKING EUROPE) Volume 9 1999/2000
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Proof-reading and copy editing: Will Hanley
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Assistance with proof-reading: Erin Murphy Graham and Christina Hinshaw

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