Between Jerusalem and Mecca : Sanctity and Redemption in the Qur?an and the Islamic Tradition / Uri Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, Uri, 1944- author.

Series:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - tension, transmission, transformation ; Volume 22.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation Series ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Jerusalem--In Islam.

Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--In Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam. The sanctity of the city is already discerned in the Qurʾān. The vision of redemption that the Qurʾān displays coincides with the messianic expectations that have swept throughout the entire region, especially among the Jews, due to the attempted renewal of Jewish liturgy in Jerusalem following the Persian victory over Byzantium in 614.On the other hand, the Qurʾān also portrays the holiness of Mecca and the Kaʿba. This book shows how it promotes their pre-Islamic holiness around the image of Abraham and Ishmael. The changing balance between the sanctity of Jerusalem and the sanctity of Mecca, in favor of the latter, is noticeable in the Qurʾān as one proceeds from the Meccan sūras to the Medinan ones. The change occurs against the background of the twist in relations between Muḥammad and the Jews. This book also points out the correlation between Muḥammad's situation in Medina and events in Palestine involving the victory of the Byzantines over the Persians in 628, as alluded to in the opening passage of Sūrat al-Rūm (30).Thie work illuminates the growing sanctity of Jerusalem following the arrival of the first Muslims to Palestine. As in the Qurʾān, Mecca continued to struggle to preserve its status as a holy city vis-à-vis that of Jerusalem. Key aspects of this struggle are reflected in traditions in which patterns of sanctity move from Jerusalem to Mecca, and which this book also scrutinizes.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Navel of the Earth

1 Muḥammad's journey to the "Farthest Mosque"

2 Muḥammad's ascension to heaven

Part Two: Land of Redemption

3 Israel's redemption and "the Promise of the Latter Days"

Part Three: Land of Resurrection

4 Resurrection in al-Shām

5 Resurrection in Arabia

Part Four: Land of the Prophets

6 The Patriarchs in al-Shām

7 Ishmael and the progeny of Abraham

8 Abraham and Ishmael build the Kaʿba

9 The attempted sacrifice between al-Shām and Mecca

10 The Kaʿba and the Prophets

Part Five: Land of the Temple

11 Solomon's Temple

12 "The first House established for the people"

13 The First House in Creation

14 The direction of prayer (qibla) within the sanctity space

Part Six: The Messianic Vision Inverted

15 Romans (al-Rūm), Jews and Muslims

Summary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-122231-4