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Muhammad's grave : death rites and the making of Islamic society / Leor Halevi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halevi, Leor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
- Muḥammad.
- Islam--History.
- Islam.
- Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Islam--Customs and practices.
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Sex role.
- Islamic Empire--Social conditions.
- Islamic Empire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In his probing study of the role of death rites in the making of Islamic society, Leor Halevi imaginatively plays prescriptive texts against material culture and advances new ways of interpreting highly contested sources. His original research reveals that religious scholars of the early Islamic period produced codes of funerary law not only to define the handling of a Muslim corpse but also to transform everyday urban practices. Relying on oral traditions, these scholars established new social patterns in the cities of Arabia, Mesopotamia, and the eastern Mediterranean. They distinguishe
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Epilogue; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-378) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613300652
- 9781283300650
- 1283300656
- 9780231511933
- 0231511930
- OCLC:
- 818854295
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