Mecca and Eden

Name: Mecca and Eden
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226888040
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Ritual, Relics, and Territory in Islam

Autor: Brannon Wheeler

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Editura: The University of Chicago Press

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Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that t...

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Autor

Brannon Wheeler

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engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2006

Pagini

288

EAN

9780226888040

ISBN

0226888045

Enbook ID

04550392

Editura

The University of Chicago Press

Greutate

472

Dimensiuni

227 x 155 x 35

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Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature, but from their social character. Building upon this insight, "Mecca and Eden" uses Islamic exegetical and legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca. Integrating Islamic examples into the comparative study of religion, Brannon Wheeler shows how the treatment of rituals, relics, and territory is related to the more general mythological depiction of the origins of Islamic civilization. Along the way, Wheeler considers the contrast between Mecca and Eden in Muslim rituals, the dispersal and collection of relics of the prophet Muhammad, their relationship to the sanctuary at Mecca, and long tombs associated with the gigantic size of certain prophets mentioned in the Quran. "Mecca and Eden" succeeds, as few books have done, in making Islamic sources available to the broader study of religion.

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