Jihad The Origin of Holy War in Islam

Name: Jihad The Origin of Holy War in Islam
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ISBN: 9780195154948

ISBN-10: 0195154940

ISBN-13: 9780195154948

Edition: 2002

Authors: Reuven Firestone

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While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

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List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.84" wide x 6.58" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.682
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