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Michael A. Sells


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Michael Sells studies and teaches in the areas of qur'anic studies; Sufism; Arabic and Islamic love poetry; mystical literature (Greek, Islamic, Christian, and Jewish); and religion and violence. The new and expanded edition of his book Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations appeared in 2007. He has published three volumes on Arabic poetry: Desert Tracings: Six Classic Arabian Odes, which focuses upon the pre-Islamic period; Stations of Desire, which focuses upon the love poetry of Ibn al-'Arabi; and The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature, Al-Andalus, which he coedited and to which he contributed. His books on mysticism include Early Islamic Mysticism, translations and commentaries on influential mystical passages from the Qur'an ...more

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Approaching the Qur'an: The...

4.19 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions
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The Bridge Betrayed: Religi...

4.14 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Early Islamic Mysticism: Su...

4.20 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions
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Desert Tracings : Six Class...

3.95 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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Mystical Languages of Unsaying

4.30 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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Stations Of Desire: Love El...

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The generous Qurʾan: Ten se...

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