Islamic Piety In Medieval Syria
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Author |
: Daniella J. Talmon-Heller |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
Release |
: 2007-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789047422846 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9047422848 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria by : Daniella J. Talmon-Heller
A study of religious thought and practice across a broad social spectrum, but within a well-defined historical context, this book is an interdisciplinary endeavor that incorporates the tools of philology, social-history and historical-anthropology. Focusing on the mosques, public assemblies, cemeteries and shrines of Syrian Muslims in the period of the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, the book describes and deciphers religious rites and experiences, liturgical calendars, spiritual leadership, and perceptions of impiety and dissent. Working from a perspective that breaks down the dichotomization of religion into 'official' and 'popular,' it exposes the negotiation, construction and dissemination of hybrid forms of religious life. The result is an intimate and complex presentation of the texture of medieval Islamic piety.
Author |
: Daniella Talmon-Heller |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 325 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004158092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 900415809X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria by : Daniella Talmon-Heller
A study of the religious thought and practice of Muslims of all social echelons in Syria during the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, this book offers an intimate and complex analysis of the texture of medieval Islamic piety.
Author |
: Yasser Tabbaa |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2010-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0271043318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780271043319 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo by : Yasser Tabbaa
Tabbaa argues that the intense palatial and religious architectural activity of the period was intended to create a royal image of the Ayyubid state while also fostering links between it and the urban population. His study is based on an entirely new evaluation of the architectural and epigraphic aspects of the standing monuments of the period. It presents for the first time full photographic coverage of these monuments, as well as many new plans and other renderings, and pays close attention to monumental inscriptions, correcting and augmenting previous studies. The book utilizes the full panoply of the available literary sources, including topographies, chronicles, travel accounts, and poetry.
Author |
: Talmon-Heller Daniella Talmon-Heller |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2020-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474460996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474460992 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East by : Talmon-Heller Daniella Talmon-Heller
This book offers a fresh perspective on religious culture in the medieval Middle East. It investigates the ways Muslims thought about and practiced at sacred spaces and in sacred times through two detailed case studies: the shrines in honour of the head of al-Husayn (the martyred grandson of the Prophet), and the holy month of Rajab. The changing expressions of the veneration of the shrine and month are followed from the formative period of Islam until the late Mamluk period, paying attention to historical contexts and power relations. Readers will find interest in the attempt to integrate the two perspectives synchronically and diachronically, in a discussion of the relationship between the sanctification of space and time in individual and communal piety, and in the religious literature of the period.
Author |
: Daphna Ephrat |
Publisher |
: Harvard CMES |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674032012 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674032019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety by : Daphna Ephrat
This book represents the first continuous history of Sufism in Palestine. Covering the period between the rise of Islam and the spread of Ottoman rule and drawing on vast biographical material and complementary evidence, the book describes the social trajectory that Sufism followed. The narrative centers on the process by which ascetics, mystics, and holy figures living in medieval Palestine and collectively labeled "Sufis," disseminated their traditions, formed communities, and helped shape an Islamic society and space. The work makes an original contribution to the study of the diffusion of Islam's religious traditions and the formation of communities of believers in medieval Palestine, as well as the Islamization of Palestinian landscape and the spread of popular religiosity in this area. The study of the area-specific is placed within the broader context of the history of Sufism, and the book is laced with observations about the historical social dimensions of Islamic mysticism in general. Central to its subject matters are the diffusion of Sufi traditions, the extension of the social horizons of Sufism, and the emergence of institutions and public spaces around the Sufi friend of God. As such, the book is of interest to historians in the fields of Sufism, Islam, and the Near East.
Author |
: Stephennie Mulder |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1474446337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781474446334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria by : Stephennie Mulder
This book explores the relationship between Sunnis and Shi'is as expressed in the patronage and architecture of shrines, and links them to the wider, pan-Islamic landscape of interconnected pilgrimage sites created from these acts of patronage.
Author |
: Miriam Frenkel |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 431 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110209464 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110209462 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Charity and Giving in Monotheistic Religions by : Miriam Frenkel
This book deals with various manifestations of charity or giving in the contexts of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim societies in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages. Monotheistic charity and giving display many common features. These underlying similarities reflect a commonly shared view about God and his relations to mankind and what humans owe to God and expect from him. Nevertheless, the fact that the emphasis is placed on similarities does not mean that the uniqueness of the concepts of charity and giving in the three monotheistic religions is denied. The contributors of the book deal with such heterogeneous topics like the language of social justice in early Christian homilies as well as charity and pious endowments in medieval Syria, Egypt and al-Andalus during the 11th-15th centuries. This wide range of approaches distinguish the book from other works on charity and giving in monotheistic religions.
Author |
: Daphna Ephrat |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2020-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1641892080 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781641892087 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres in Medieval Syria by : Daphna Ephrat
Author |
: Ellen V. Kenney |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105124105508 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria by : Ellen V. Kenney
"The long reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad was one of the most productive periods for architectural construction, restoration and urban development in the medieval Near East. The building works of this ruler and his amirs transformed the fabric of the Mamluk capital, Cairo, and shaped its future development in decades to come. For most of al-Nasir Muhammads sultanate, Tankiz al-Nasiri ruled as governor of the Syrian province. Tankizs term was one of the longest for any amir to retain a single office and to remain in the good graces of this sultan, known for his mercurial nature. Tankiz played a critical role in Mamluk politics and Syrian history. His lengthy tenure also allowed him to give sustained attention to the built environment of the province. During his term, he undertook an ambitious program of construction that involved monuments, urban works and renewal projects. This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period. The volume features over 80 photographs and other illustrations, including several in full color. It is fully indexed and provides a wealth of references to primary and secondary literature."
Author |
: Mulder Stephennie Mulder |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2019-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474471169 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474471161 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria by : Mulder Stephennie Mulder
The first illustrated, architectural history of the 'Alid shrines, increasingly endangered by the conflict in SyriaThe 'Alids (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) are among the most revered figures in Islam, beloved by virtually all Muslims, regardless of sectarian affiliation. This study argues that despite the common identification of shrines as 'Shi'i' spaces, they have in fact always been unique places of pragmatic intersectarian exchange and shared piety, even - and perhaps especially - during periods of sectarian conflict. Using a rich variety of previously unexplored sources, including textual, archaeological, architectural, and epigraphic evidence, Stephennie Mulder shows how these shrines created a unifying Muslim 'holy land' in medieval Syria, and proposes a fresh conceptual approach to thinking about landscape in Islamic art. In doing so, she argues against a common paradigm of medieval sectarian conflict, complicates the notion of Sunni Revival, and provides new evidence for the negotiated complexity of sectarian interactions in the period.