Volume 1, No. 1
June, 1982
Contents
Editorial..........1
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community 1919-1920, Part I: Iran, by Ibn-i-Asdaq ('Ali Muhammad-i-Khurasani) and Azizu'llah Varqa .......... 2
Denis MacEoin, Some Bahá'í and Shakhi Interpretations of 'the Mystery of Reversal' ..........11
Robert Parry, Not Weighing God's Book with Standards Current Amongst Men - One Perspective - Some Provisional Theological Discussion Notes.......... ..........24
Stephen Lambden, "My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me?" or "My God, my God, how Thou hast glorified me!"?..........27
Notes, Reviews and Communications.......... 43
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 1, No. 2
September, 1982
Contents
Editorial.......... 2
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community 1919-1920, Part II: Turkistan, by Ibn-i-Asdaq ('Ali Muhammad-i-Khurasani)..........3
Robert Parry, Not Weighing God's Book with Standards Current Amongst Men - One Perspective - Some Provisional Theological Discussion Notes, Contd..........7
Stephen Lambden, Antichrist - Dajjal: Some Notes on the Christian and Islamic Antichrist traditions and their Bahá'í interpretation. Pt. I..........14
Lesley Zanieh, (translator), R. Mielck, Vom Bahaismus in Deutchland..........50
Notes, Reviews and Communications..........57
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 1, No. 3
December, 1982
Contents
Editorial ..........2
Stephen Lambden, Antichrist - Dajjal: Some Notes on the Christian and Islamic Antichrist traditions and their Bahá'í interpretation. Pt. II..........3
Denis MacEoin, Problems of Scholarship in a Bahá'í Context..........44
Stephen Lambden, Dr. MacEoin's 'Problems of Scholarship': Some Thoughts..........69
Notes, Reviews and Communications..........80
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 1, No. 4
March, 1983
Contents
Editorial.......... .2
Peter Smith, A Note on Babi and Bahá'í Numbers in Iran..........3
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community in 1919-20, Part III: America, by Albert Vail..........8
Robert Parry, Rational/Conceptual/Performance - The Bahá'í Faith and Scholarship - A Discussion Paper..........13
Stephen Lambden, An Episode in the Childhood of Siyyid 'Ali Muhammad, the Bab..........22
Kent Beveridge, Seven Manuscripts Attributed to Bahá'u'lláh..........33
Moojan Momen, Seven Manuscripts Attributed to Bahá'u'lláh, Some further comments..........52
Moojan Momen, A Response to MacEoin's 'Problems of Scholarship'..........57
Denis MacEoin, A Critique of Moojan Momen's Response to my 'Problems of Scholarship in the Bahá'í Context'..........66
Notes, Reviews and Communications..........81
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 2, No. 1
June, 1983
Contents
Editorial..........2
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community in 1919-20, Part IV: India, by Mirza Mahmad Zarqani..........3
Graham H. Hassall, The Bahá'í Faith in Australia, 1920-1934, Some Notes on John and Clara Hyde-Dunn ..........8
Stephen Lambden, A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to Georg David Hardegg: The "Lawh-i-Hirtiq (Lawh-i-Hirtik)..........32
Peter Khan (comp.), Bahá'í Scholarship..........63
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........73
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 2, No. 2
September, 1983
Contents
Editorial..........2
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community in 1919-20, Part V: Germany, by Alma Knobloch..........3
Denis MacEoin, Bahá'u'lláh's al-Qasida al-Warqa'iyya (Qasidiy-i-Varqa'iyyih): an English Translation..........7
Stephen Lambden, The Islamo-Bahá'í Interpretation of Deuteronomy 33:2..........22
Moojan Momen, The Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860's and 1870's..........47
Steven Scholl, More Problems, Scientific Method or a Total Hermeneutic..........66
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........83
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 2, No. 3
December, 1983
Contents
Editorial..........2
Richard Hollinger, Some New Notes on Ibrahim Kheiralla..........3
Denis MacEoin, al-Qasida al-Warqa'iyya (Qasidiy-i-Varqa'iyyih): Further Comments..........68
Steven Scholl, The Remembrance of God: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh..........73
Stephen Lambden, A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh of the late Baghdad period: Lawh-i-Halih Halih Halih, Ya Bisharat..........107
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........113
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 2, No. 4
March, 1984
Contents
Editorial..........2
Moojan Momen, The Psychology of Mysticism and Its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith..........4
Ruhullah Mehrabkhani, Some Notes on Fundamental Principles: Western Scholarship and the Religion of the Bab..........22
Juan R. Cole and Denis MacEoin, Exchanges on Bahá'u'lláh's al-Qasida al-Warqa'iyya (Qasidiy-i-Varqa'iyyih)..........44
William Collins and Stephen Lambden, On an Episode in the Childhood of the Bab..........53
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........65
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 3, No. 1
June, 1984
Contents
Editorial..........2
Stephen Lambden, A Tablet of Mirza Husayn 'Ali Bahá'u'lláh of the Early Iraq period, The Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am)..........4
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í community in 1919-20, Part VI, Egypt by Shaykh Faraju'llah, and Japan by Agnes Alexander(?)..........68
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........72
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 3, No. 2
September, 1984
Contents
Editorial..........2
Stephen Lambden, An Early Poem of Mirza Husayn 'Ali Bahá'u'lláh: The Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing, Rashh-i 'Ama'..........4
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 3, No. 3
September, 1985
Contents
Editorial..........4
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community 1919-1920, Part VII: Iraq by Mirza Muhammad Husayn Wakil..........5
Moojan Momen, The Social Location of the Babi Movement: A Preliminary Note..........8
Anthony A. Lee, Bahá'í Values and Historical Inquiry: Musings on the Continuing Discussion of Ethics and Methodology..........27
Stephen Lambden, Some Thoughts on the Establishment of a Permanent Bahá'í Studies Centre and Research Institute..........41
Denis MacEoin, A Permanent Bahá'í Studies Centre and Research Institute: Further Considerations..........88
Graham Hassall, Martha Roots Tours, 1924, 1929..........92
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........100
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 3, No. 4
December, 1985
Contents
Editorial..........2
Moojan Momen, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Islamic Tradition: "I was a Hidden Treasure.........."(Kanz-i Makhfi)..........4
Sources of Quotations in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary..........36
The Text of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary..........38
William Collins, Library and Archival Resources at the Bahá'í World Centre..........65
Stephen Lambden, At the Shore of the Black Sea: The Lawh-i Hawdaj/ Samsun of Mirza Husayn 'Ali Bahá'u'lláh ..........84
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........98
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 4, No. 1
March, 1986
Contents
Editorial Note..........2
Moojan Momen (Ed.), Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í Community 1919-1920, Part VIII: Miscellaneous..........4
Kent Beveridge, From Adrianople to 'Akka', The Austrian Lloyd..........8
Stephen Lambden, The Mysteries of the Call of Moses: Translation and Notes on part of a Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh addressed to Jinab-i Khalil..........33
Graham Hassall, The Influences of Mark Tobey..........80
Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........95
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 4, No. 2
Janauary, 1990
Contents
Editorial..........3
Moojan Momen, The Babi Upheavals, 1848-1853..........4
Keven Brown, A Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings..........22
Part Two, The Newcastle upon Tyne Bahá'í Studies Seminar, December 6-7, 1986; and letter from the Universal House of Justice..........28
Submission on the Development of Bahá'í Studies at an Academic Level: >From a Committee appointed by the Universal House of Justice, dated November 19th, 1988..........30
The Newcastle upon Tyne Bahá'í Studies Seminar, June 23rd-25th, 1989..........33
The 100th Annivarsary of the First Public Mention of the Faith in the West..........34
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: Tahirih; Miscellaneous Subjects; Peace Issues..........35
Extracts from the Bulletin of the Association of Bahá'í Studies, No. 31, June 1989..........50
Recent Publications and Bibliographical Notes..........51
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 4, No. 3-4
April, 1990
Contents
Editorial..........3
Juan R. Cole, Bahá'u'lláh's "Commentary on the Surah of the Sun", Introduction and Translation..........4
Farzin Froughi and Stephen Lambden, A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh Commenting on that Verse of the Most Holy Book (Kitab-i-Aqdas) About the Need for an International Language and Script..........28
Moojan Momen, The Integration into the British Bahá'í Community of Recent Iranian Bahá'í Migrants..........50
Stephen Lambden, The Sinaitic Mysteries: Supplement 1 ..........54
Part Two: Letters of the Universal House of Justice/ Research Department..........58
The Protection of Diversity..........67
Remarks by H.B. Danesh..........71
Extracts from the Bulletin of the Association of Bahá'í Studies.......... 81
The Association of Bahá'í Studies, English-Speaking Europe..........84
Bahá'í Cassette Tapes..........87
Bibliographical Miscellany..........93
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 5, No. 1-2
January 1991
Contents
Editorial..........3
Khazeh Fananapazir, A Tablet of Mirza Husayn 'Ali Bahá'u'lláh to Jamal-i Burujirdi: A Full Provisional Translation..........4
Moojan Momen, The Bahá'í System of Transliteration..........13
Stephen Lambden, Modern Western, Arabic-Persian, Academic Transliteration Systems..........56
Iain Palin, Letter in Brita Esperantisto by Giorgio Silfer Translated into English..........70
Part Two: Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........73
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 5, No. 3-4
Volume 6, No. 1
June, 1991
Contents
Editorial..........3
Juan R. Cole, Bahá'u'lláh's "Surah of the Companions"( Suriy-i-Ashab): An Early Edirne Tablet of Declaration (c. 1864), Introduction and Provisional Translation..........4
Stephen Lambden, Some Notes on Bahá'u'lláh's Gradually Evolving Claims of the Adrianople/Edirne Period..........75
Moojan Momen, The Cyprus Exiles..........84
John Walbridge, The Previously Unknown Persian Text of a Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá..........114
Seena Fazel, The First Western Language Encyclopedia Article of the Babi Religion..........121
Part Two: Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........135
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 6, No. 2-3
February, 1992
Contents
Editorial..........3
B. Todd Lawson, The Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif..........4
Stephen Lambden, The Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (Haft Vadi): A Provisional Translation with Occasional Notes - Part 01..........26
Part Two: Notes, Communications and Bibliographical Miscellany..........75
Seena Fazel, Some Observations Regarding Bibliographic Citations..........86
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Volume 6, No. 4
Volume 7, No. 1-2
October, 1992
Contents
Editorial..........3
Juan R. Cole, Redating the Surah of God (Suratu'llah): An Edirne Tablet of 1866?--Provisional Translation Appended..........4
Khazeh Fananapazir and Stephen Lambden, The Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb) of Bahá'u'lláh: A Provisional Translation..........18
Robert Parry, Philosophical Theology in Bahá'í Studies, Methods and Foundations: A Note Towards an Orientation of Bahá'í Theology..........66
Robert Stockman, The American Bahá'í Identity, 1894-1921..........92
Part Two: Letters from the Universal House of Justice; Short Notes and Studies; Reviews and Bibliographical Miscellany..........113