New York, Chichester, west Sussex: Columbia University Press, Date: 2010. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/VG-; dark gray spine with white and blue text; dust jacket exterior shows slight wear; minor edge wear; creased front flap; cloth has light whitish smudges to exterior; tight binding; text block exterior edges have mild tone; some pencil underlining and marginalia inside; pp 471. 1353091. FP New Rockville Stock. 2010. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231150822 9780231150828 [US]

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Hardback. New. Tayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. He also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions. ISBN 0231150822 9780231150828 [GB]

ISBN10: 0231150822, ISBN13: 9780231150828, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Tayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. He also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2010]

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Columbia Univ Pr, Date: 2010. Hardcover. New. 488 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. 2010. Columbia Univ Pr ISBN 0231150822 9780231150828 [GB]

ISBN10: 0231150822, ISBN13: 9780231150828, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical ...

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