based on historical realities and rational theology more than what Christian discourse is and this fact is also accepted by some christions like John Hick. Key Words: Jesus, Christ, Jesus in Hadith, Jesus in the Holy Quran, Jesus in the Bible, Christian Theology.

Iranian Culture in al-Kafi

Sayyed Mojtaba Aqaee and Mahdi Hojjatpanah

This paper is concerned with utilizing hadith in Iranian culture and faith studies. Choosing al-Kafi as his reference, the author of the present paper has collected hadiths concerning Iranian faith and made an analysis of them. Key Words: Iranian Culture, Judaism, Jews in al-Kafi.

Mulla Salih Mazandaranis Method in Analyzing Hadiths of al-Kafi

Nasrollah Shameli and Ali Banaeeyan Esfahani

Mulla Saalih Mazandarani is one of the famous scholars of 11th century. His commentary on al-Kafi is the best commentary in this field. It is concerned with Usul and Rawza. The author of the present paper describes Mulla Saalih Mazandaranis method based on his commentary on al-Kafi. Then he explains about Allama Sharanis methodological criticism of some views of Mulla Saalih Mazandarani. His method of evaluating hadith is based on investigating the chain of documents and interpreting the text. His approach to text analysis is based on terminology, semantics, verses of the Holy Quran, and utilizing other hadiths to prove hadith reliability. Key Words: Al-Kafi, Hadith Commentary of Hadith, Commentary of al-Kafi, Mulla Saalih Mazandarani, Abul Hasan Sharani.

A Puzzling Tradition about the Qibla in the Kafi of Kulayni

Michael Cook

In a chapter of miscellaneous traditions (nawadir) near the end of the “book of prayer” (kitab al-salat) of his Kafi, Kulayni has the following tradition: