Document Details : Title: The Host of Ma’lathāyā Subtitle: A Contribution to the Study of the Imami Shiite Construction of Orthodoxiy Author(s): CAPEZZONE, Leonardo Journal: Journal Asiatique Volume: 306 Issue: 2 Date: 2018 Pages: 187-199 DOI: 10.2143/JA.306.2.3285611 Abstract : After the occultation of the twelfth Imam, within the Shiite communities – especially in Qumm and Baghdad – a critical attitude has begun, involving some aspects of the Gnostic teachings transmitted by the most intimate disciples of the sixth imam Ja’far al-Ṣādiq.