Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008024329/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 29 of
29
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""Tracing the social and political changes experienced during the transition from pre-Islamic Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam, Firestone concludes that jihad is an indigenous Arabian phenomenon. It resulted, he argues, from the mixture of old Arabian culture with innovations in the traditional social structure and worldview engendered by the introduction of Islamic monotheism. The cauldron in which this mixture produced its new product was Medina, where various forces came together to produce the religious community of Muslims known as the Umma."--Jacket. "Firestone's historical reconstruction of Islamic holy war challenges the traditional "evolutionary theory" of war that was first established by medieval Muslim scholars and subsequently accepted uncritically by Western scholarship. In its place, he offers a far more nuanced understanding, based on careful philological analysis of Islamic texts in conjunction with the application of contemporary methodologies in anthropology, history, and the study of religion. The result is a text that will be of interest to students of religion, ethics, history, the ancient and modern Middle East, anthropology, Islam, the Bible, and the medieval world."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Holy war in Islam".
- catalog alternative "Origin of holy war in Islam".
- catalog contributor b11135703.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Firestone's historical reconstruction of Islamic holy war challenges the traditional "evolutionary theory" of war that was first established by medieval Muslim scholars and subsequently accepted uncritically by Western scholarship. In its place, he offers a far more nuanced understanding, based on careful philological analysis of Islamic texts in conjunction with the application of contemporary methodologies in anthropology, history, and the study of religion. The result is a text that will be of interest to students of religion, ethics, history, the ancient and modern Middle East, anthropology, Islam, the Bible, and the medieval world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Tracing the social and political changes experienced during the transition from pre-Islamic Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam, Firestone concludes that jihad is an indigenous Arabian phenomenon. It resulted, he argues, from the mixture of old Arabian culture with innovations in the traditional social structure and worldview engendered by the introduction of Islamic monotheism. The cauldron in which this mixture produced its new product was Medina, where various forces came together to produce the religious community of Muslims known as the Umma."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Transliterations -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Imaging Arabia. Islam and holy war -- The pre-Islamic world -- pt. 2. The Qurʼān and its interpretation. The Qurʼān : the traditional reading and its inherent weakness -- The Qurʼān on war : a new reading -- pt. 3. The oral tradition. The prophetic sunna -- The sira -- Conclusion : from mundane war to holy war.".
- catalog extent "xi, 195 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195125800 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9781423760245 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "297.7/2/09 21".
- catalog subject "BP182 .F5 1999".
- catalog subject "Jihad History.".
- catalog subject "War Religious aspects Islam.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Transliterations -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Imaging Arabia. Islam and holy war -- The pre-Islamic world -- pt. 2. The Qurʼān and its interpretation. The Qurʼān : the traditional reading and its inherent weakness -- The Qurʼān on war : a new reading -- pt. 3. The oral tradition. The prophetic sunna -- The sira -- Conclusion : from mundane war to holy war.".
- catalog title "Holy war in Islam".
- catalog title "Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam / Reuven Firestone.".
- catalog title "Origin of holy war in Islam".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".