Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam

ISBN-13: 9780195125801 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 208 str.

Reuven Firestone

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Stimulating reading for students and scholars of religion, Islam, the Middle East, and of medieval history generally

O autorze

Reuven Firestone is Professor of Judaism and Islam and Director of the Graduate School of Judaic Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.