A Reader on Classical Islam /

A Reader on Classical Islam / / F. E. Peters.

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To enable the reader to shape, or perhaps reshape, an understanding of the Islamic tradition, F. E. Peters skillfully combines extensive passages from Islamic texts with a fascinating commentary of his own. In so doing, he presents a substantial body of literary evidence that will enable the reader...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Peters, F. E.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1993]
©1994
Year of Publication:1993
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: A Primer on Islam
  • CHAPTER 1. The Past, Sacred and Profane
  • CHAPTER 2. The Life and Work of the Prophet
  • CHAPTER 3. The Community of Muslims
  • CHAPTER 4. The Word of God and Its Understanding
  • CHAPTER 5. The Quran, the Prophet, and the Law
  • CHAPTER 6. The Worship of God
  • CHAPTER 7. Saints and Mystics
  • CHAPTER 8. Islamic Theology
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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