Studies in Early Islamic Tradition by Suliman Bashear - 2004
by Suliman Bashear
Studies in Early Islamic Tradition
by Suliman Bashear
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Suliman Bashear (1947-1991) was born in the northern Israeli village of Mghar. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his B.A. (1971) and M.A. (1973). In 1976, he received his Ph.D. at the University of London for his dissertation "Communism in the Arab East," which was published both in Arabic and English.
This collection includes 15 critical and incisive studies by Bashear on various issues in the early Islamic tradition. One of the main themes running throughout these works is the gradual development of Islamic ritual and religious belief from within the historical context of Judaism and Christianity into a spiritual system seemingly rooted solely in the Hijāz. Bashear's studies consider not only the development of religious customs and beliefs, but also seek to explain how later generations recast the past in order to meet the needs of their own era.
In the Introduction, Lawrence I. Conrad highlights the major themes in Bashear's works and describes his unique and stormy academic career, cut short by his untimely death at the age of 44.
- Bookseller The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation (IL)
- Book Condition New New
- Quantity Available 157
- Edition Collected Studies in Arabic and Islam, Vol. 2
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 9657258014
- ISBN 13 9789657258019
- Publisher The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation
- Place of Publication Jerusalem
- Date Published 2004
- Pages 396 + 28 pp.
- Keywords Early Islam