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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781316511862 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
NVIC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Brannon Wheeler |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York: |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
471 p., |
| Dimensions |
26 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: William Robertson Smith and the first camel sacrifice camel sacrifice -- 1. Animal sacrifices in the life of the prophet Muhammad -- 2. Burial of camels at the tombs of warriors -- 3. Pagan origins of Muslim Ḥajj sacrifice -- 4. Abraham as the originator of Ḥajj sacrifice -- 5. Distribution of the body of the prophet Muhammad -- 6. Martyred bodies and the demarcation of territory -- Conclusions: Sacrifice and nostalgia for the origins of religion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Islam is the only biblical religion that still practices animal sacrifice. Indeed, every year more than a million animals are shipped to Mecca from all over the world to be slaughtered during the Muslim Hajj. This multi-disciplinary volume is the first to examine the physical foundations of this practice and the significance of the ritual. Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a "thick description" of the elaborate camel sacrifice performed by Muhammad, which serves as the model for future Hajj sacrifices. Wheeler integrates biblical and classical Arabic sources with evidence from zooarchaeology and the rock art of ancient Arabia to gain insight into an event that reportedly occurred 1400 years ago. His book encourages a more nuanced and expansive conception of "sacrifice" in the history of religion"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sacrifice |
| General subdivision |
Islam |
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History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Animal sacrifice |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arabian peninsula |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islam |
| General subdivision |
Rituals |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Eid al-Adha |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |