Between Jerusalem and Mecca: sanctity and redemption in the Qurʾān and the Islamic Tradition

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam. The sanctity of the city is already discerned in the Qurʼān. The vision of redemption that the Qurʼān displays coincides with the messianic expectations that have swept throughout the entire region, especially among the Jews, due t...

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1. Verfasser: Rubin, Uri 1944-2021 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin De Gruyter [2023]
Ausgabe:1. Auflage
Schriftenreihe:Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation volume 22
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Online-Zugang:https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111220079
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Zusammenfassung:This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam. The sanctity of the city is already discerned in the Qurʼān. The vision of redemption that the Qurʼān 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 Qurʼān also portrays the holiness of Mecca and the Kaʻba. 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 Qurʼān 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). The work illuminates the growing sanctity of Jerusalem following the arrival of the first Muslims to Palestine. As in the Qurʼān, 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
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 225 - 237. - Indizes
Beschreibung:XI, 246 Seiten 23 cm x 15.5 cm, 487 g
ISBN:9783111220079
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