Islam, the ancient near East and varieties of godlessness. / Collected studies in three. : Volume 3 / / by Patricia Crone ; edited by Hanna Siurua.

Patricia Crone's Collected Studies in Three Volumes brings together a number of her published, unpublished, and revised writings on Near Eastern and Islamic history, arranged around three distinct but interconnected themes. Volume 3, Islam, the Ancient Near East and Varieties of Godlessness , p...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, Volume 131
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 131.
Physical Description:1 online resource (279 pages) :; illustrations.
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • “Barefoot and Naked”: What Did the Bedouin of the Arab Conquests Look Like?
  • The Ancient Near East and Islam: The Case of Lot-Casting
  • Idrīs, Atraḫasīs and al-Khiḍr
  • Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥaḍrī and the Punishment of Unbelievers
  • The Dahrīs According to al-Jāḥiẓ
  • Ungodly Cosmologies
  • Post-Colonialism in Tenth-Century Islam
  • What Are Prophets For? The Social Utility of Religion in Medieval Islamic Thought
  • Oral Transmission of Subversive Ideas from the Islamic World to Europe: The Case of the Three Impostors
  • How the Field Has Changed in My Lifetime
  • List of Patricia Crone’s Publications
  • Index of Names and Terms.