Jihad The Origin of Holy War in Islam

Name: Jihad The Origin of Holy War in Islam
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ISBN: 9780195125801

ISBN-10: 0195125800

ISBN-13: 9780195125801

Edition: 1999

Authors: Reuven Firestone

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Since the Islamic resurgence began to make news, the Islamic idea of holy war, or "jihad", has been the subject of tremendous media attention - much of it sensationalistic. This study attempts to discover where and when the idea of jihad originated, and to trace its early development. Firestone finds no evidence for religiously motivated warring in pre-Islamic Arabian cultures, or indeed for ideological warring of any kind, despite the common occurrence of intertribal raids and warring as a normal part of an ancient Arabian life. He seeks to discover the forces in early Islam that precipitated this powerful and successful war concept. Tracing the social and historical changes experienced…

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List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/30/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Transliterations


Introduction



Imaging Arabia



Islam and Holy War



The Pre-Islamic World



The Qur&amacr;n and Its Interpretation the Qur&amacr;n as Transition Marker from J&amacr;hiliyya to Islam



The Qur&amacr;n the Traditional Reading and Its Inherent Weakness



The Our qur&amacr;n on War a New Reading



The Oral Tradition



The Prophetic Sunna



The S&U0016bra



Conclusion from Mundane War to Holy War


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index of Scriptural Citations


Subject Index