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- catalog abstract "The richness of myth in Arab-Islamic culture has long been ignored or even denied. In Muhammad and the Golden Bough Jaroslav Stetkevych demonstrates the existence of a coherent pre-Islamic Arabian myth that was subsequently incorporated into Islamic poetic tradition and the Dur'an. The book dissects the intriguing Arab-Islamic myth built around Muhammad's unearthing of a "golden bough" from the grave of the last survivor of an ancient Arab people, the Thamud, who, according to the myth, were destroyed by a divine scourge for their iniquity. In the myth the episode of the slaying of the she-camel of the prophet Salih, which precipitates the downfall of the Thamud, is symbolically linked with Muhammad, the discoverer of the golden bough. . Through its development of a methodology for analyzing the mythic and folkloric material of pre-Islamic Arabia and the process of its incorporation into Islamic myth and Qur'anic exegesis, Muhammad and the Golden Bough offers compelling insights for students of Islam, comparative religion, and anthropology.".
- catalog contributor b9744905.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ". Through its development of a methodology for analyzing the mythic and folkloric material of pre-Islamic Arabia and the process of its incorporation into Islamic myth and Qur'anic exegesis, Muhammad and the Golden Bough offers compelling insights for students of Islam, comparative religion, and anthropology.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Reclaiming Arabian Myth -- 1. The Textual Puzzle -- 2. The Thamudic Backdrop to the Puzzle -- 3. The First Answer to the Puzzle: The Raid on Tabuk -- 4. The Totem and the Taboo. The Multiple Identity of Abu Righal. The Ambiguities of Stoning -- 5. Poeticizing the Thamud -- 6. Demythologizing the Thamud -- 7. The Scream -- 8. The Arabian Golden Bough and Kindred Branches: Frazer, Vergil, Homer, and Gilgamesh.".
- catalog description "The book dissects the intriguing Arab-Islamic myth built around Muhammad's unearthing of a "golden bough" from the grave of the last survivor of an ancient Arab people, the Thamud, who, according to the myth, were destroyed by a divine scourge for their iniquity. In the myth the episode of the slaying of the she-camel of the prophet Salih, which precipitates the downfall of the Thamud, is symbolically linked with Muhammad, the discoverer of the golden bough.".
- catalog description "The richness of myth in Arab-Islamic culture has long been ignored or even denied. In Muhammad and the Golden Bough Jaroslav Stetkevych demonstrates the existence of a coherent pre-Islamic Arabian myth that was subsequently incorporated into Islamic poetic tradition and the Dur'an.".
- catalog extent "xi, 169 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Muḥammad and the golden bough.".
- catalog identifier "0253332087 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Muḥammad and the golden bough.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Muḥammad and the golden bough.".
- catalog subject "299/.27 20".
- catalog subject "BL1685 .S74 1996".
- catalog subject "Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 Legends.".
- catalog subject "Mythology Comparative studies.".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Arab.".
- catalog subject "Thamud (Arabian people)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Reclaiming Arabian Myth -- 1. The Textual Puzzle -- 2. The Thamudic Backdrop to the Puzzle -- 3. The First Answer to the Puzzle: The Raid on Tabuk -- 4. The Totem and the Taboo. The Multiple Identity of Abu Righal. The Ambiguities of Stoning -- 5. Poeticizing the Thamud -- 6. Demythologizing the Thamud -- 7. The Scream -- 8. The Arabian Golden Bough and Kindred Branches: Frazer, Vergil, Homer, and Gilgamesh.".
- catalog title "Muḥammad and the golden bough : reconstructing Arabian myth / Jaroslav Stetkevych.".
- catalog type "Comparative studies. fast".
- catalog type "Legends. fast".
- catalog type "text".