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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786528703321

Autore

Dana Nissim

Titolo

The Struggle for Jerusalem and the Holy Land : A New Inquiry into the Qur'an and Classic Islamic Sources on the People of Israel, their Torah, and their links to the Holy Land / / Nissim Dana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61811-380-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Israel : Society, Culture, and History

Disciplina

296.397

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Judaism

Judaism - Relations - Islam

Qurʼan - Criticism, interpretation, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Part One: Status of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount according to the Qur'an and Its Exegetes -- Part Two: The Bible and the Qur'an -- Part Three: The Qur'an's Approach to "The People of the Book" (Ahl al-Kitab) -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Abstract in Arabic

Sommario/riassunto

In recent generations, the Muslim and Arab world has been suffused with publications on the subject of the People of Israel, its Torah, and this people's affinity to the Land of Israel. Most of these publications are tendentious, written with a hostile attitude toward Jews and Judaism; indeed, some of them are tainted with antisemitism. The Qur'an, the Holy Scripture of the Muslims, also deals with the question of the status of Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel. Many of its exegetes, following in the tracks of Islam's holy book, have done so as well. Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, these Islamic sources express an approach asserting that this land is promised exclusively to the People of Israel. This book explores these sources and discusses them in light of the recent developments.