Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun - Couverture souple

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Cooperson, Michael

 
9780521088541: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun
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ISBN 10 : 0521088542 ISBN 13 : 9780521088541
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Pre-modern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In this 2000 study exploring the origins and development of classical Arabic biography, Michael Cooperson demonstrates how Muslim scholars used the notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author also explains how medieval Arab scholars used biography to tell the life-stories of important historical figures by examining the careers of the Abbasid Caliph al- Ma'mun, the Shiite Imam Ali al-Rida, the Sunni scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and the ascetic Bishr al-Hafi, each of whom represented a tradition of political and spiritual heirship to the Prophet. Drawing on anthropology and comparative religion, as well as history and literary criticism, the book considers how each figure responded to the presence of the others and how these responses were preserved by posterity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Pre-modern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In this 2000 study exploring the origins and development of classical Arabic biography, Michael Cooperson demonstrates how Muslim scholars used the notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author also explains how medieval Arab scholars used biography to tell the life-stories of important historical figures by examining the careers of the Abbasid Caliph al- Ma'mun, the Shiite Imam Ali al-Rida, the Sunni scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and the ascetic Bishr al-Hafi, each of whom represented a tradition of political and spiritual heirship to the Prophet. Drawing on anthropology and comparative religion, as well as history and literary criticism, the book considers how each figure responded to the presence of the others and how these responses were preserved by posterity.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: 'Cooperson's book is elegantly written and a pleasure to read.' Journal of Islamic Law and Society

Review of the hardback: 'Cooperson's book is a careful study of an important theme and deserves to become a basic tool for scholars working in the fields of Early Abbasid period or biographical studies.' Journal of Islamic Law and Society

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521088542
ISBN 13 
9780521088541
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Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
244
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9780521661997: Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of al-Ma'mun

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521661994 ISBN 13 :  9780521661997
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000
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