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Language: en
Pages: 496
Pages: 496
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Darwin Press, Incorporated
Cook argues that apocalyptic ideas seeped into Islam from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism, among which it grew during its first century, primarily in
Language: en
Pages: 312
Pages: 312
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-21 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of classical and contemporary Islam, this book is the first scholarly work to cover this dispar
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand. Jean-Pierre Fili
Language: en
Pages: 366
Pages: 366
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-29 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
The Book of Tribulations is the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive, and as such has considerable value as a primary text. It is unique in its
Language: en
Pages: 520
Pages: 520
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-29 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
This is an annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work 'The Book of Tribulations' - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survi