Sengende Hitze, Eiseskälte oder Mond?: Zum Echo zoroastrischer eschatologischer Vorstellungen am Beispiel des koranischen zamharīr

This article discusses eventual Qurʾānic allusions to Zoroastrian texts by using the example of zamharīr (Q 76:13). In the early tafsīr and ḥadīth-literature the term is most commonly understood as a piercing cold, which has frequently been interpreted as a punishment in hell. This idea, it is argue...

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Main Author: Bitsch, Sebastian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter [2020]
In: Der Islam
Year: 2020, Volume: 97, Issue: 2, Pages: 313-366
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Summary:This article discusses eventual Qurʾānic allusions to Zoroastrian texts by using the example of zamharīr (Q 76:13). In the early tafsīr and ḥadīth-literature the term is most commonly understood as a piercing cold, which has frequently been interpreted as a punishment in hell. This idea, it is argued, has significant parallels to the concept of cold as a punishment in hell or to the absence of cold as a characteristic of paradise in the Avestan and Middle-Persian literature. In addition, Christian and Jewish texts that emphasize a similar idea and have not been discussed in research so far are brought into consideration. The article thus aims to contribute to the inclusion of Zoroastrian texts in locating the genesis of the Qurʾān - or early Islamic exegesis - in the “epistemic space ” of late antiquity.
ISSN:1613-0928
Contains:Enthalten in: Der Islam
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/islam-2020-0025