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Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam Book

Jihad : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195125801 : 0195125800 : 13 Jan 2000 : Reuven Firestone traces the origin and evolution of Islamic holy war through the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in their transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam. He demonstrates that, at base, Islamic holy war is a product of the mixture of old Arabian culture with innovations engendered by the introduction of monotheism.Read More

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  • Product Description

    While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

  • 0195125800
  • 9780195125801
  • Reuven Firestone
  • 13 January 2000
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 208
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