Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic

A detailed study on the nature of Muslim apocalyptic material in Islam, both Sunnī and Shī ʻ ī. Taking a transcultural perspective by also discussing Christian and Jewish apocalyptic traditions, it offers in eight studies and three appendices a typology of apocalypses and many new insights into t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2020.
Colección:SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam Ser.
Temas:
Apocalyptic literature.
Islamic literature > History and criticism.
Islamic eschatology.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Eschatologie islamique.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature apocalyptique.
Littérature islamique > Histoire et critique.
Apocalyptic literature
Islamic eschatology
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction to Muslim Apocalyptic
  • 1. Historical Apocalypses
  • Cycles of Rulers and Events Leading to the Apocalypse
  • The A'māq Cycle
  • Invasions of Christian Lands
  • Christian Counter-Invasions
  • The Trials of Egypt
  • Turkish Invasions
  • 2. Metahistorical Apocalypses
  • The Dajjāl and Jesus
  • The Jewish Dajjāl and the Dajjāl Chained in the West
  • The Jewish Dajjāl: Ibn Ṣayyād
  • The Dajjāl Chained in the West
  • The Dābba
  • The Sufyānī
  • 3. Messianic Cycles
  • The Messiah Arriving from the East
  • The Messiah Arriving from the Ḥijāz
  • Messianic Conquests
  • The Messiah, King of Jerusalem
  • Yājūj and Mājūj (Gog and Magog)
  • 4. Shī'ī Apocalyptic
  • The Messianic Figure
  • Description of the Messianic Figure
  • Appearance and Way to Power
  • The Messianic Age
  • Polemical Figures
  • Enemies
  • Conclusions
  • 5. The Moral Apocalypse
  • Attitudes toward Governments
  • Attitudes toward Religious Establishments
  • Attitudes toward Cities
  • 6. The Interaction of Qur'ān, Tafsīr and Apocalyptic
  • Qur'ānic Apocalyptic
  • Qur'ān and Apocalyptic
  • Tafsīr and Apocalyptic
  • Early Period (100-300/718-912)
  • Middle Period (300-700/912-1300)
  • Late Period (700-1300/1300-1882)
  • Shī'ī Commentaries
  • Conclusions
  • 7. Munādī and Ṣārikh
  • 8. Concluding Essay on Muslim Apocalyptic
  • Appendix 1. A Selection of Muslim Apocalypses
  • I. Moral Apocalypses
  • II. The Apocalypse of Weeks
  • III. Political Apocalypses on the Umayyads and 'Abbāsids
  • IV. Apocalypses about Fitan
  • V. Historical and Messianic Apocalypses
  • VI. The Oracle of Khurāsān
  • VII. Astrological and Astronomical Apocalypses
  • VIII. A Picture of the End of the World
  • Appendix 2. The Mahdī's Men and their Locations
  • Appendix 3. Qur'ānic Citations in Muslim Apocalyptic Literature
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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