Muhammad's Grave
Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society
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Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10196389M
- ISBN-139780231137423
- ISBN-100231137427
- OCLC Control Number70836792
- OCLC Control Numbermuhammadsgravede0000hale
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- Library of Congress Control Number2006025614
- LibraryThing7008145
- Goodreads692548
Classifications
- LCCBP50.H34 2007
Description
"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 distinguished Islamic rites from Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian rites and changed the way men and women interacted publicly and privately."--book jacket.
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