A Place Between Two Places : The Quranic Barzakh / George Archer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Archer, George, author.

Series:

Islamic history and thought ; 1.

Islamic History and Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Doctrines.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages).

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONVENTIONS

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, OR "THAT SECOND KINGDOM"

CHAPTER II. METHOD, OR "THE BARRIER BETWEEN US AND OUR ANCESTORS"

CHAPTER III. AN EXCAVATION OF THE CAVE

CHAPTER IV. SLEEP CYCLES: THE INTRA-QURʾĀNIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARZAKH

CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF MUḤAMMAD: THE MEDIEVAL BARZAKH

CHAPTER VI. ORALITY TRANSLATION, SOUL-SLEEP, AND THE MONOTHEISTIC IMAGINATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WORKS CITED

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463237097

146323709X

OCLC:

1100437260