1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462956903321

Autore

Williams Rebecca R.

Titolo

Muhammad and the supernatural : medieval Arab views / / Rebecca R. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-37034-1

1-135-94078-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Classical Islam ; ; 3

Disciplina

297.6/3

Soggetti

Supernatural

Prophecy - Islam

Miracles (Islam)

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Muhammad and the Supernatural; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I Sex; Introduction; 1 The light of prophecy: Christian, Jewish, and Pagan attempts; The Christian attempt; The Jewish attempt; The Pagan attempt; 2 ""God knows very well where to place His Message""; The unbelievers and signs from God; Heraclius and the proofs of prophethood; 3 Muhammad's conception and the supernatural; Abd al-Muttalib and the People of the Book; Authorial control of the supernatural in the sira; The supernatural and the will of God in the tafsir; Observations

PART II PoliticsIntroduction; 4 Muhammad's public announcement and the absence of the supernatural; Prelude to the call; The call as response to a Quranic command - al-Tabari?; The call as response to a Quranic command - Ibn Kathir; Who was called; The public call as vehicle for promotion - Ibn Kathir and Ahmad b. Hanbal; 5 ""Who will aid me in this matter?""; Politicization of the supernatural - al-Tabari; Politicization of the supernatural - Ibn Kathir; 6 Abu Lahab: The villain; Abu Lahab and the publication of Muhammad's mission; Umm Jamil and the theme of divine protection

Villains and the supernaturalObservations; PART III Betrayal;



Introduction; 7 Questions of character: Hatib's letter to the Meccans; The theme of forgiveness; Characters and archetypes; Moral lessons; 8 Hatib's story in the tafsir; Quran versus tafsir; Asbab al-nuzul or Quranic afterthought; A matter of time - Mecca, al-Hudaybiya, and the supernatural; 9 The necessity of the supernatural; Sira: structural analysis and the support for the supernatural; Tafsir: individual autonomy, traditional authority, and the supernatural; Observations; PART IV Wrath; Introduction

10 Amir b. al-Tufayl and Arbad b. Qays: control and chaos in the SiraIbn Ishaq's version of events - the literary nature of divine wrath; Questions of chronology - Bir Mauna or the year of the delegations; Amir or Arbad? Character placement in the sira; 11 ""And God sent upon him a thunderbolt""; Nature and folk magic in the Quran and tafsir; Amir and Arbad: character placement in the tafsir; Asbab al-nuzul: rubies, gold, silver, and lightning; 12 Authorial control and the supernatural; Muhammad's power and God's wrath in the sira; Chaos and control: the supernatural in the tafsir

ObservationsConclusion: the significance of the supernatural; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mu?ammad and the Supernatural:  Medieval Arab Views examines the element of the supernatural (or miracle stories) in the life of the Prophet Mu?ammad as depicted in two genres:  prophetic biography (s?ra) and Qur??n exegesis (tafs?r).



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388025503316

Autore

Perrin J. P (Jean Paul)

Titolo

The bloudy rage of that great antechrist of Rome and his superstitious adherents, against the true church of Christ and the faithfull professors of his gospell [[electronic resource] ] : Declared at large in the historie of the Waldenses and Albigenses, apparently manifesting vnto the world the visibilitie of our Church of England, and of all the reformed churches throughout Christendome, for aboue foure hundred and fiftie years last past. Diuided into three parts ... / / All which hath bene faithfully collected out of the authors named in the page following the preface, by I.P.P.M. ; Translated out of French by Samson Lennard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Nathanael Newbery, and are to be sold at the signe of the Starre vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornhill, and in Popes-head Alley, 1624

Descrizione fisica

[14], 68, 144, 143, [1], 103, p

Altri autori (Persone)

LennardSamson <d. 1633.>

Soggetti

Waldenses

Albigenses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of "Histoire des Vaudois" by Jean Paul Perrin.

Signatures: [blank]³, A-I⁴, K², 2A-2S⁴, 3A-3S⁴, 4A-4N⁴.

Quire 4G bound and filmed out of order.

Headpieces, tailpieces, initials.

Reproduction of originals in: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and the Union Theological Seminary Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references in marginal notes.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160