TY  - JOUR
ID  - 5900
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/lambden_word_baha
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Word Bahá', The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God
T2  - 
JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Lambden,Stephen
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A3  - 
Y1  - 1998
Y2  - 
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SP  - 13
EP  - 45
M2  - 
PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CY  - Ottawa, ON
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
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DO  - 
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AB  - The Arabic word bahá' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brilliancy, and many others — was a term of considerable import in Islamic and Bábi literature, and was occasionally seen in prophetic or messianic contexts.
N1  - Earlier version published in Bahá'í Studies Review 3:1 (1993). See also scan of original. See also journal.bahaistudies.ca. Also available as a corrected, updated Microsoft Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas (2025). See also Thomas' inquiry The Title "Bahá'u'lláh".
C1  - 
KW  - Bahá (title)
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Glory (general)
KW  - Greatest Name
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Islam
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Tetragrammaton
KW  - Zoroastrianism
ER  -