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Dreams & visions in the world of Islam : a history of muslim dreaming and foreknowing / Elizabeth Sirriyeh.
Van Pelt Library BP190.5.D73 S57 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sirriyeh, Elizabeth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreams--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Dreams.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 239 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Dreams and visions in the world of islam
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Seeing gods and angels before the rise of Islam
- The prophet as model visionary
- Scholars and saints in the path of the prophet
- The dream must be interpreted
- Muslims dreaming of Christians, Christians dreaming of Muslims
- 'And if a woman dreams'
- Envisioning God and his prophet
- Contacting the righteous dead
- Visionary traditions and the impact of modernity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1780761422
- 9781780761428
- OCLC:
- 903595290
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