The spiritual background of early Islam : studies in ancient Arab concepts /
Bravmann, M. M.
The spiritual background of early Islam : studies in ancient Arab concepts / By M.M. Bravmann. - Leiden, Brill, 1972. - vi, 338 p. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The spiritual background of early Islam and the history of its principal concepts -- Heroic motives in early Arabic literature -- Sunnah and related concepts -- The ancient Arab background of the qurʼānic concept al-ǧizyatu ʻan yadin -- Bayʻah "homage": a proto-Arab (south-Semitic) concept -- The original meaning of Arabic wazīr -- Allāh's liberty to punish or to forgive -- "The surplus of property": an early Arab social concept -- The return of the hero: an early Arab motif -- "Life after death" in early Arab conception -- The hunger of the Bedouin -- Equality of birth of husband and wife (kafāʼah), an early Arab principle -- The state archives in the early Islamic era -- The community's participation in the punishment of crime in early Arab society.
73154917
Ne72-22
000458846 Uk
Islam--Terminology.
Islam.
Arabian Peninsula--Social life and customs.
BP 163 / .B62 1972
297.1 / B739s
The spiritual background of early Islam : studies in ancient Arab concepts / By M.M. Bravmann. - Leiden, Brill, 1972. - vi, 338 p. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The spiritual background of early Islam and the history of its principal concepts -- Heroic motives in early Arabic literature -- Sunnah and related concepts -- The ancient Arab background of the qurʼānic concept al-ǧizyatu ʻan yadin -- Bayʻah "homage": a proto-Arab (south-Semitic) concept -- The original meaning of Arabic wazīr -- Allāh's liberty to punish or to forgive -- "The surplus of property": an early Arab social concept -- The return of the hero: an early Arab motif -- "Life after death" in early Arab conception -- The hunger of the Bedouin -- Equality of birth of husband and wife (kafāʼah), an early Arab principle -- The state archives in the early Islamic era -- The community's participation in the punishment of crime in early Arab society.
73154917
Ne72-22
000458846 Uk
Islam--Terminology.
Islam.
Arabian Peninsula--Social life and customs.
BP 163 / .B62 1972
297.1 / B739s