The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia

A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions

Ahmad Al-Jallad (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

150 Seiten

2022
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-50426-4 (ISBN)

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This book presents a reconstruction of pre-Islamic Arabian religion based on epigraphic and archaeological sources.

This book approaches the religion and rituals of the pre-Islamic Arabian nomads using the Safaitic inscriptions. Unlike Islamic-period literary sources, this material was produced by practitioners of traditional Arabian religion; the inscriptions are eyewitnesses to the religious life of Arabian nomads prior to the spread of Judaism and Christianity across Arabia. The author attempts to reconstruct this world using the original words of its inhabitants, interpreted through comparative philology, pre-Islamic and Islamic-period literary sources, and the archaeological context.

Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ph.D. (2012), Harvard University, is Universitair Hoofddocent in Islamic Origins at the University of Groningen. He has published on inscriptions, writing cultures, and religions of Ancient Arabia and their reception in Islamic-period literary sources, as well as on the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages.

Preface

List of Illustrations

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1 Introduction

1 Religion and the Inscriptions of the Pre-Islamic Nomads: From Thamudic B to Safaitic

2 Scope and Methodology

2 Rites

1 Animal Sacrifice

2 Erection of the nṣb Stone

3 The Ritual Shelter

4 The Pilgrimage

5 Ritual Purity

6 Offerings

7 Vows and Oaths

8 Sacred Water

3 Divinities and Their Roles in the Lives of Humans

1 Location of the Deities

2 The Gadds

3 The Gods and Their Worshippers

4 Sin, Obedience, and Repentance?

5 Malignant Magic

4 Fate

5 Afterlife

1 Burial Installations

2 Invoking the Names of the Dead

6 Visual Representation of Deities and the Divine World

7 Amplification and Why Write

8 Worldview—A Reconstruction

Appendix 1: Glossary of Divinities

Appendix 2: Previously Unpublished Inscriptions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Ancient Languages and Civilizations ; 1
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	402 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	90-04-50426-5 / 9004504265
ISBN-13	978-90-04-50426-4 / 9789004504264
Zustand	Neuware