The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam
From Polemic to History
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization;
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 2 November 2006
- ISBN 9780521028462
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages188 pages
- Size 228x152x12 mm
- Weight 298 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This study seeks to explain the emergence of Islam in seventh-century Arabia.
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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.
'Never before has anyone shown with such clarity how little the so-called polytheism described in the Quran has to do with the Arabian paganism described in the tradition.' The Times Literary Supplement
Table of Contents:
Preface; Note on transliteration and dates; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Religion in the j&&&227;hiliyya: 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; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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