A Gateway to Hell, a Gateway to Paradise

A Gateway to Hell, a Gateway to Paradise
Title A Gateway to Hell, a Gateway to Paradise PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Savage
Publisher
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Release 2020-11
Genre
ISBN 9783959941082

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Bible and Qurʼān

Bible and Qurʼān
Title Bible and Qurʼān PDF eBook
Author John C. Reeves
Publisher BRILL
Pages 262
Release 2004
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004127267

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Nine essays by scholars who research the intersections of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literary traditions explore various aspects of the textual and behavioral connections among these three major Near Eastern religious communities. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Ibadi Muslims of North Africa

Ibadi Muslims of North Africa
Title Ibadi Muslims of North Africa PDF eBook
Author Paul M. Love, Jr
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 233
Release 2018-09-27
Genre History
ISBN 110866590X

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The Ibadi Muslims, a little-known minority community, have lived in North Africa for over a thousand years. Combining an analysis of Arabic manuscripts with digital tools used in network analysis, Paul M. Love, Jr takes readers on a journey across the Maghrib and beyond as he traces the paths of a group of manuscripts and the Ibadi scholars who used them. Ibadi scholars of the Middle Period (eleventh–sixteenth century) wrote a series of collective biographies (prosopographies), which together constructed a cumulative tradition that connected Ibadi Muslims from across time and space, bringing them together into a 'written network'. From the Mzab valley in Algeria to the island of Jerba in Tunisia, from the Jebel Nafusa in Libya to the bustling metropolis of early-modern Cairo, this book shows how people and books worked in tandem to construct and maintain an Ibadi Muslim tradition in the Maghrib.

The Curse of Ham

The Curse of Ham
Title The Curse of Ham PDF eBook
Author David M. Goldenberg
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 468
Release 2009-04-11
Genre Religion
ISBN 1400828546

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How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible--Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.) to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries--most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery. Goldenberg begins by examining a host of references to black Africans in biblical and postbiblical Jewish literature. From there he moves the inquiry from Black as an ethnic group to black as color, and early Jewish attitudes toward dark skin color. He goes on to ask when the black African first became identified as slave in the Near East, and, in a powerful culmination, discusses the resounding influence of this identification on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinking, noting each tradition's exegetical treatment of pertinent biblical passages. Authoritative, fluidly written, and situated at a richly illuminating nexus of images, attitudes, and history, The Curse of Ham is sure to have a profound and lasting impact on the perennial debate over the roots of racism and slavery, and on the study of early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Ancient African Christianity

Ancient African Christianity
Title Ancient African Christianity PDF eBook
Author David E. Wilhite
Publisher Routledge
Pages 422
Release 2017-07-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 1135121419

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Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire, it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine are studied in light of their African identity, and this tradition is explored in all its various expressions. This book is ideal for all students of African Christianity and also a key introduction for anyone wanting to know more about the history, religion, and philosophy of these early influential Christians whose impact has extended far beyond the African landscape.

Architecture of the Islamic West

Architecture of the Islamic West
Title Architecture of the Islamic West PDF eBook
Author Jonathan M. Bloom
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 322
Release 2020-06-30
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0300218702

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An authoritative survey situating some of the Western world’s most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Córdoba, the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, the Giralda tower in Seville, and the Alhambra Palace in Granada, belong to the Western Islamic tradition. This architectural style flourished for over a thousand years along the southern and western shores of the Mediterranean—between Tunisia and Spain—from the 8th century through the 19th, blending new ideas with local building practices from across the region. Jonathan M. Bloom’s Architecture of the Islamic West introduces readers to the full scope of this vibrant tradition, presenting both famous and little-known buildings in six countries in North Africa and southern Europe. It is richly illustrated with photographs, specially commissioned architectural plans, and historical documents. The result is a personally guided tour of Islamic architecture led by one of the finest scholars in the field and a powerful testament to Muslim cultural achievement.

Milton's Paradise Lost

Milton's Paradise Lost
Title Milton's Paradise Lost PDF eBook
Author John Collier
Publisher eNet Press
Pages 215
Release
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ISBN 1618865188

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Told with his incomparable flare for imagery and a vision of the story as it might be seen on film, John Collier turns Paradise Lost into a screenplay that contains the basic blueprint for Milton's story as well as new food for thought.