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Beschreibung
Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to the divine realm and back again.
This book provides an exhaustive examination of the historical development of a key story in the life of Müammad, the tale told of his journey to the divine realm and back. It shows how in the early centuries of the Islamic community, both Sunn and Sh' Muslims appropriated this fascinating story and interpreted it to suit their own ends. In particular, the book traces the development of a critical and influential strand of this rich ascension literature ascribed to one of Müammad's famous companions, the scholar known as Ibn Abbs. Frederick S. Colby demonstrates that this version of the tale originated in the early period and spread throughout the Islamic world, affecting how people from Spain to Afghanistan came to think about Müammad and his legacy. Colby also includes translations of richly textured ascension narratives that have never before appeared in English.
Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to the divine realm and back again.
This book provides an exhaustive examination of the historical development of a key story in the life of Müammad, the tale told of his journey to the divine realm and back. It shows how in the early centuries of the Islamic community, both Sunn and Sh' Muslims appropriated this fascinating story and interpreted it to suit their own ends. In particular, the book traces the development of a critical and influential strand of this rich ascension literature ascribed to one of Müammad's famous companions, the scholar known as Ibn Abbs. Frederick S. Colby demonstrates that this version of the tale originated in the early period and spread throughout the Islamic world, affecting how people from Spain to Afghanistan came to think about Müammad and his legacy. Colby also includes translations of richly textured ascension narratives that have never before appeared in English.
Über den Autor

Frederick S. Colby is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University in Ohio. He edited and translated The Subtleties of the Ascension: Early Mystical Sayings on Muhammad's Heavenly Journey, by the famous mystic Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulamī.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780791475188
ISBN-10: 0791475182
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Colby, Frederick S.
Hersteller: SUNY Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Frederick S. Colby
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2009
Gewicht: 0,537 kg
Artikel-ID: 113467657