| The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity: Allah and His People Contributor(s): Al-Azmeh, Aziz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1316641554 ISBN-13: 9781316641552 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297.090 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6" W x 9" (1.91 lbs) 660 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on epigraphic and other material evidence as well as more traditional literary sources and critical review of the extensive relevant scholarship, this book presents a comprehensive and innovative reconstruction of the rise of Islam as a religion and imperial polity. It reassesses the development of the imperial monotheism of the New Rome, and considers the history of the Arabs as an integral part of Late Antiquity, including Arab ethnogenesis and the emergence of what was to become Muslim monotheism, comparable with the emergence of other monotheisms from polytheistic systems. Topics discussed include the emergence and development of the Muhammadan polity and its new cultic deity and associated ritual, the constitution of the Muslim canon, and the development of early Islam as an imperial religion. Intended principally for scholars of Late Antiquity, Islamic studies and the history of religions, the book opens up many novel directions for future research. |
Contributor Bio(s): Al-Azmeh, Aziz: - Aziz Al-Azmeh is CEU University Professor at the School of Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, Central European University, Budapest. Previous books (in English) are Ibn Khaldun: An Essay in Reinterpretation (1982); Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Christian, Muslim and Pagan Polities (2001); Islams and Modernities (3rd edition, 2009); and The Times of History: Universal Themes in Islamic Historiography (2006). |