A Comparative Methodology of Messianic Traditions in Narration Schools of Qom, Baqdād, and Isfahān

Considering the difference in methods in narration schools, investigating the method of each of the three narration schools of Qom, Baqdād and Isfahān can acquaint us with a set of thoughts that have in line or different views in the basics of obtaining and narrating the tradition. In the current research we try to express the methodology of messianic traditions from the view of these three schools: from the narration schools of Qom, the book of Kamal Ad-Deen and Tamām An-Ne’mah of Sheikh Saduq; from the narration school of Baqdād, the book of Al-Ershād of Sheikh Mufid; and from the narration school of Isfahān, the book of Bahār Al-Anwār of Allāmeh Majlesie are chosen. Among the objectives are recognizing the principles and the criteria of the authors for selecting, reporting, analyzing and explaining the content and the validity of the messianic narrations. Thus, we use a comparative study and express the aspects of similarities and differences between these three books.