1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450254103321

Autore

Hawting G. R (Gerald R.), <1944->

Titolo

The idea of idolatry and the emergence of Islam : from polemic to history / / G.R. Hawting [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11713-5

1-280-15447-0

0-511-11766-3

0-511-00434-6

0-511-15023-7

0-511-32463-4

0-511-49749-0

0-511-04807-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 168 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Disciplina

297/.09/021

Soggetti

Islam - Origin

Idolatry

Civilization, Arab

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Religion in the jahiliyya: theories and evidence -- ; 2. Idols and idolatry in the Koran -- ; 3. Shirk and idolatry in monotheist polemic -- ; 4. The tradition -- ; 5. Names, tribes and places -- ; 6. The daughters of God.

Sommario/riassunto

Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding regions. In this study of pre-Islamic Arabian religion, G. R. Hawting adopts a comparative religious perspective to suggest an alternative view. By examining the various bodies of evidence which survive from this period, the Koran and the vast resources of the Islamic tradition, the author argues that in fact Islam arose out of



conflict with other monotheists whose beliefs and practices were judged to fall short of true monotheism and were, in consequence, attacked polemically as idolatry. The author is adept at unravelling the complexities of the source material, and students and scholars will find his argument both engaging and persuasive.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788253403321

Titolo

Arabic languages and linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / Reem Bassiouney and E. Graham Katz, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington DC, : Georgetown University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-58901-891-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Series

Altri autori (Persone)

BassiouneyReem <1973->

KatzE. Graham

Disciplina

492.701/41

Soggetti

Arabic language - Discourse analysis

Arabic language - Rhetoric

Arabic language - Usage

Arabic language - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Transliteration Conventions; Introduction; PART I: THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; 1. Negation in Moroccan Arabic: Scope and Focus; 2. On the Syntax and Semantics of Arabic Universal Quantification; 3. Statistical and Symbolic Paradigms in Arabic Computational Linguistics; 4. Raising in Standard Arabic: Backward, Forward, and None; 5. Construct State Nominals as Semantic Predicates; 6. On Licensing Wh-Scope: Wh-Questions in Egyptian Arabic Revisited

7. The Notion of "Complete" and "Incomplete" Verbs in Early Arabic Grammatical Theory: Kāna and Its Sisters PART II: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS; 8. Women and Politeness on Egyptian Talk Shows; 9. Bonjour, ça va? Labas 'ale-ik? French and Arabic in



Casablanca; 10. Nominalization in Arabic Discourse: A Genre Analysis Perspective; 11. The Elusiveness of Luġa Wustā-or, attempting to Catch Its "True Nature"; 12. Mexicans Speaking in Dârija (Moroccan Arabic): Media, Urbanization, and Language Changes in Morocco

13. Critical Languages and Critical Thinking: Reframing Academic Arabic Programs 14. Ideology and the Standardization of Arabic; 15. The Ditransitive Dative Divide in Arabic: Grammaticality Assessments and Actuality

Sommario/riassunto

Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today's political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the vernaculars and of Classical Arabic. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. This state-of-the-art volume presents the most recent research in Arabic

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716293003321

Titolo

Consolidation of railway properties. April 5 (calendar day, April 13), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (11 pages) : tables

Collana

Senate report / 69th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 580

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8525]

Altri autori (Persone)

CumminsAlbert Baird <1850-1926> (Republican (IA))

Soggetti

Consolidation and merger of corporations

Railroads - Finance

Railroads - Management

Railroads

Transportation - Fares

Transportation - Rates

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

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