Book of Idols (eBook)

Ibn al-Kalbi (Autor)

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2015
74 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7679-2 (ISBN)

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Here, in the translation and edition of Nabih A. Faris of the American University at Beirut, is the text of the unique Arabic source on the idols and worship of pagan Arabia. The influence of pagan Arabia on the development of Islam is increasingly recognized by modern scholars, and this is an important key to its understanding. Princeton Oriental Studies, No. 14.Originally published in 1950.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: acclamation • Adoration • Akhbari • Al-Baladhuri • Al-Dhahabi • Al-Hamdani • Al-Lat • al-Tabari • Al-‘Uzzá • Amalekites (Book of Mormon) • Antiquities • arabs • Battle of Hunayn • Cainan • Christianity • Circumambulation • deathbed • deity • Divination • Early Period • Epithet • Futuh al-Buldan • Gratitude • Hadith • Hadith terminology • Hasan ibn Ali • Hawazin • Hubal • Idolatry • Intercession • Ishmaelites • Islamic culture • Jared (biblical figure) • Judaism • Kaaba • Kalbi • Khidr • kitab • Lamech (father of Noah) • Methuselah • Mosque • Muawiyah I • Mu'jam al-Buldan • Muslim • Paganism • Place of Worship • Polytheism • Pre-Islamic Arabia • Prophets and messengers in Islam • Quran • Quraysh • Rabbi • Religion • Satire • sect • Shaddad • shahada • Shia Islam • shrine • surah • Tahlil • Talbiyah • The Devil's Delusion • The Other Hand • Tihamah • Turban • Umayyad Caliphate • Ummah • veneration • VoW • Wadd • Worship • Writing • Yaghuth • Ya'uq • Zuhayr
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7679-6 / 1400876796
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7679-2 / 9781400876792