The spiritual background of early Islam : studies in ancient Arab concepts / By M.M. Bravmann.

By: Bravmann, M. MMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Leiden, Brill, 1972. Description: vi, 338 p. 25 cmSubject(s): Islam -- Terminology | Islam | Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 297.1 LOC classification: BP 163 | .B62 1972Other classification: 11.84 | 6,23
Contents:
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.

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.

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