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020			_a9781316511862
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100	1		_aBrannon Wheeler
245	1	0	_aAnimal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam
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264		1	_aNew York: _bCambridge University Press, _c2022
300			_a471 p., _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aSacrifice _xIslam _xHistory
650		0	_aAnimal sacrifice _zArabian peninsula _xHistory
650		0	_aIslam _xRituals
650		0	_aʻĪd al-Aḍḥā _xHistory
650		0	_aEid al-Adha _xHistory
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