Arabic-L:LIT:NEW BOOK:Studies in the Early Islamic Tradition

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1) Subject:NEW BOOK:Studies in the Early Islamic Tradition

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Date: 03 Jun 2004
From:Yohanan Friedmann <msyfried at mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject:NEW BOOK:Studies in the Early Islamic Tradition


			The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			The Institute of Asian and African Studies
			The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation


			are pleased to announce the publication of


			STUDIES IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC TRADITION

					by

				(the late) Suliman Bashear

			(Collected Studies in Arabic and Islam, 2)


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. He is also the author of "Tawazun
al-naqa'id: muhadarat fi al-Jahiliyya wa sadr al-Islam" ("The balance of
contradictions: lectures on the Jahiliyya and early Islam"), the
revisionist "Muqaddima fi al-ta'rikh al-akhar: nahwa qira'ah jadida
li-'l-riwaya al-islamiyya" (An introduction to the other history:
towards
a new reading of Islamic tradition"), and "Arabs and others in early
Islam."
	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 Hijaz. 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.

	Contents

Lawrence I. Conrad, Introduction

I.     Yemen in early Islam: an examination of non-tribal traditions

II.    Qur'an 2:214 and Jerusalem

III.   Abraham's sacrifice of his son and related issues

IV.    The title "Faruq" and its association with `Umar II

V.     Riding beasts on divine missions: an examination of the ass and
	camel traditions

VI.    Qibla musharriqa and early Muslim prayers in churches

VII.   `Ashura': an early Muslim fast

VIII.   The mission of Dihya al-Kalbi and the situation in Syria

IX.     Apocalyptic amd other materials on early Muslim-Byzantine wars:
a
	review

X.      The images of Mecca: a case study in early Muslim iconography

XI.     On the origin and development of Zakat in early Islam

XII.    Muslim apocalypses and the Hour: a case study in traditional
	interpretation

XIII.   "Qunut" in Tafsir and Hadith literatures

XIV.     Hanifiyya and the Hajj

XV.      Jesus in a early Muslim shahada and related issues: a new
	 perspective


Price: US$47. Postage and handling (surface mail) US$3.00 for the first
volume and US$2.00 for each additional volume. Cheques payable to the
Max
Schloessinger Memorial Foundation should be sent to the Director of
Publications, The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation, Institute of
Asian and African Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905,
Israel.
Please note that we cannot accept Eurocheques, but personal and
institutional cheques in your currency are acceptable.
Enquiries:
E-mail:    msjsai at mscc.huji.ac.il
Fax:	   +972-2-588-3658

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