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From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphaël du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a "kick," got them into a good mood. By tracing their historical trajectory and the role they played in early modern Iranian society (1500-1900), Rudi Matthee takes a major step in extending contemporary debates on the role of drugs and stimulants in shaping the modern West.At once panoramic and richly detailed, The Pursuit of Pleasure examines both the intoxicants known since ancient times--wine and opiates--and the stimulants introduced later--tobacco, coffee, and tea--from multiple angles. It brings together production, commerce, and consumption to reveal the forces behind the spread and popularity of these consumables, showing how Iranians adapted them to their own needs and tastes and integrated them into their everyday lives.Matthee further employs psychoactive substances as a portal for a set of broader issues in Iranian history--most notably, the tension between religious and secular leadership. Faced with reality, Iran's Shi`i ulama turned a blind eye to drug use as long as it stayed indoors and did not threaten the social order. Much of this flexibility remains visible underneath the uncompromising exterior of the current Islamic Republic.

Iran. --- Abrah. --- Abu Bakr. --- Adamiyat, Firaydun. --- Agha Parvanah. --- Agriculture et maison rustique. --- Alamut. --- Anis al-Dawlah. --- Azerbaijan. --- Baghdad. --- Banyans. --- Batavia. --- Bengal, and tea supply. --- Bihbahan, and opium cultivation. --- Buckingham, James. --- Burujird. --- Bushihr. --- Cairo. --- Canton. --- Carmelites. --- Chahar Bagh. --- Coffeehouses. --- Cruydeboeck. --- Daghistan. --- Damascus. --- Dawraq. --- Early modern period. --- Edict of Sincere Repentance. --- Erzurum. --- Eunuchs. --- Fars. --- Fryer, John, on coffee. --- Genoa. --- Ghaznavids. --- Ghulams. --- Hajji Muhammad. --- Herat. --- Himam al-thawaqib. --- Ihtisham al-Saltanah. --- Indian Ocean. --- Jesuits. --- Jews. --- Kadizadeli movement. --- Kalantar. --- Kamal al-Din. --- Karun River. --- Khurasan. --- Kirmanshah. --- Lisbon. --- Mahmud Ghalzai. --- Malabar. --- Mikhri Khan. --- Nahavand. --- Opium. --- Ossetians.

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This collection of essays, arising from the meetings of the SBL's Prophetic Texts and Their Ancient Contexts Group, examines how prophecy has been constructed in biblical literature such as the Former Prophets, the Latter Prophets, Chronicles, and Daniel, and even in the Qur'an. Recognizing that these texts do not simply describe the prophetic phenomena but rather depict prophets according to various conventional categories or their own individual points of view, the essays analyze the way prophecy or prophets are portrayed in these writings to better understand how they were structured by their respective authors. -- Publisher

Bible. --- Later Prophets --- Latter Prophets --- Neviʼim aḥaronim --- Nevym achronim --- Prophetae Posteriores --- Prophets (Books of the Old Testament) --- Yeŏnsŏ --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Prophecies --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.