Between Jerusalem and Mecca : : Sanctity and Redemption in the Qurʾān and the Islamic Tradition / / Uri Rubin (z"l).

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam. The sanctity of the city is already discerned in the Qurʾān. The vision of redemption that the Qurʾān displays coincides with the messianic expectations that have swept throughout the entire region, especially among the Jews, due t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation , 22
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Navel of the Earth
  • 1 Muḥammad’s journey to the “Farthest Mosque”
  • 2 Muḥammad’s ascension to heaven
  • Part Two: Land of Redemption
  • 3 Israel’s redemption and “the Promise of the Latter Days”
  • Part Three: Land of Resurrection
  • 4 Resurrection in al-Shām
  • 5 Resurrection in Arabia
  • Part Four: Land of the Prophets
  • 6 The Patriarchs in al-Shām
  • 7 Ishmael and the progeny of Abraham
  • 8 Abraham and Ishmael build the Kaʿba
  • 9 The attempted sacrifice between al-Shām and Mecca
  • 10 The Kaʿba and the Prophets
  • Part Five: Land of the Temple
  • 11 Solomon’s Temple
  • 12 “The first House established for the people”
  • 13 The First House in Creation
  • 14 The direction of prayer (qibla) within the sanctity space
  • Part Six: The Messianic Vision Inverted
  • 15 Romans (al-Rūm), Jews and Muslims
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Index