Medieval Jerusalem: forging an Islamic city in spaces sacred to Christians and Jews
The Holy Land and Jerusalem : singing praise to sacred space -- Jerusalem in the imagination of the prophet and his companions -- The "furthest place of worship" : Muslim tradition and modern scholarship -- The Islamization of Umayyad Jerusalem : the role of Mu'āwiyah b. Abī Sufyān --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jerusalem
/ History 500-1500
B Jerusalem / Islam / History 632-833 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Jerusalem
In Islam
B Jerusalem B Jerusalem History B History B Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem) |
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| Summary: | The Holy Land and Jerusalem : singing praise to sacred space -- Jerusalem in the imagination of the prophet and his companions -- The "furthest place of worship" : Muslim tradition and modern scholarship -- The Islamization of Umayyad Jerusalem : the role of Mu'āwiyah b. Abī Sufyān -- 'Abd al-Malik and the Temple Mount : revisiting S. D. Goitein and Oleg Grabar -- The so-called Umayyad administrative center -- The Dome of the Rock and Arabic historiography -- The "meaning" of the Dome of the Rock -- Religion and local politics : praising native abodes -- Appendix : The early caliphs, 632-833 CE |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 242 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-472-13036-8 |
