"The book of tribulations": the Syrian Muslim apocalyptic tradition

The Book of Tribulations is the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive, and as such has considerable value as a primary text. It is unique in its importance for Islamic history: focusing upon the central Syrian city of Hims, it gives us a picture of the personalities of the city, the t...

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Nebentitel:Syrian Muslim apocalyptic tradition
1. VerfasserIn: Nuʿaim Ibn-Ḥammād al-H̱uzāʿī -844 (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Cook, David 1966- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2017]
In:Jahr: 2017
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Edinburgh studies in Islamic apocalypticism and eschatology
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Islam / Eschatology / Homs (Syria)
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
weitere Schlagwörter:B Islamic eschatology Early works to 1800
B Hadith
B Hadith Early works to 1800
B Islam Sources
B Early works
B End of the world (Islam) Early works to 1800
B End of the world (Islam)
B Islamic eschatology
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Zusammenfassung:The Book of Tribulations is the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive, and as such has considerable value as a primary text. It is unique in its importance for Islamic history: focusing upon the central Syrian city of Hims, it gives us a picture of the personalities of the city, the tribal conflicts within, the tensions between the proto-Muslim community and the majority Christian population, and above all details about the wars with the Byzantines. Additionally, Nu`ʻaym gives us a range of both the Umayyad and the ʻAbbāsid official propaganda, which was couched in apocalyptic and messianic terms
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-457) and index
ISBN:1474444083