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The beauty of the houri : heavenly virgins, feminine ideals / Nerina Rustomji.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rustomji, Nerina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paradise--Islam.
- Paradise.
- Islamic eschatology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. The Beauty of the Houri demonstrates how the ambiguous reward of the houri, mentioned in the Qur'an and developed in Islamic theological writings, has gained a distinctive place in the cultural eye from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. The Beauty of the Houri narrates an intellectual history of the houri and offers a contemporary account of how theological ambiguity has led to different interpretations of this Islamic religious icon.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-024937-4
- 0-19-024936-6
- OCLC:
- 1230255295
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