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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784831803321

Autore

Firestone Reuven <1952->

Titolo

Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam / / Reuven Firestone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-280-47176-X

0-19-535219-X

1-4237-6024-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xi, 195 pages)

Disciplina

297.72

297.7209

Soggetti

Jihad - History

War - Religious aspects - Islam

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 (p. 175-185) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Transliterations; Introduction; PART I: IMAGING ARABIA; PART II: THE QUR'ĀN AND ITS INTERPRETATION; PART III: THE ORAL TRADITION; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Scriptural Citations; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.