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The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam: Volume I. The Prophet Between Doctrine, Literature and Arts: Historical Legacies and Their Unfolding

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Handbuch der Orientalistik (HdO) Section One: The Near and Middle East. Vol. 159/1 Publication details: Leiden: Brill, 2022Description: 716 p., ill.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789004466722
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Part 1: Images of the Prophet in Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, and Sīra/Maghāzī, and their Cultural Embedding -- Part 2: Towards a Theology of Devotion to the Prophet in Sunnī Islam -- Part 3: The Prophet in Shīʿī Doctrine and in Islamic Philosophy -- Part 4: The Splendour of Words: Exaltation of the Prophet in Islamic Literatures -- Part 5: The Prophet in the Mirror of the Verbal, Scriptural and Pictorial Imagery: Aesthetics and Devotion
Summary: "This first collective volume outlines his figure in the early Islamic tradition, and its later transformations until recent times that were shaped by Prophet-centered piety and politics. A variety of case studies offers a unique overview of the interplay of Sunnī amd Shīʿī doctrines with literature and arts in the formation of his image. They trace the integrative and conflictual qualities of a “Prophetic culture”, in which the Prophet of Islam continues his presence among the Muslim believers." --Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library Main Library - 0.01 B 1642 I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B 1642 I

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: Images of the Prophet in Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, and Sīra/Maghāzī, and their Cultural Embedding -- Part 2: Towards a Theology of Devotion to the Prophet in Sunnī Islam -- Part 3: The Prophet in Shīʿī Doctrine and in Islamic Philosophy -- Part 4: The Splendour of Words: Exaltation of the Prophet in Islamic Literatures -- Part 5: The Prophet in the Mirror of the Verbal, Scriptural and Pictorial Imagery: Aesthetics and Devotion

"This first collective volume outlines his figure in the early Islamic tradition, and its later transformations until recent times that were shaped by Prophet-centered piety and politics. A variety of case studies offers a unique overview of the interplay of Sunnī amd Shīʿī doctrines with literature and arts in the formation of his image. They trace the integrative and conflictual qualities of a “Prophetic culture”, in which the Prophet of Islam continues his presence among the Muslim believers." --Provided by publisher.

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