Medieval Jerusalem: forging an Islamic city in spaces sacred to Christians and Jews

The Holy Land and Jerusalem : singing praise to sacred space -- Jerusalem in the imagination of the prophet and his companions -- The "furthest place of worship" : Muslim tradition and modern scholarship -- The Islamization of Umayyad Jerusalem : the role of Mu'āwiyah b. Abī Sufyān --...

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Main Author: Lassner, Jacob 1935- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jerusalem / History 500-1500
B Jerusalem / Islam / History 632-833
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BH Judaism
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Jerusalem In Islam
B Jerusalem
B Jerusalem History
B History
B Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
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Summary:The Holy Land and Jerusalem : singing praise to sacred space -- Jerusalem in the imagination of the prophet and his companions -- The "furthest place of worship" : Muslim tradition and modern scholarship -- The Islamization of Umayyad Jerusalem : the role of Mu'āwiyah b. Abī Sufyān -- 'Abd al-Malik and the Temple Mount : revisiting S. D. Goitein and Oleg Grabar -- The so-called Umayyad administrative center -- The Dome of the Rock and Arabic historiography -- The "meaning" of the Dome of the Rock -- Religion and local politics : praising native abodes -- Appendix : The early caliphs, 632-833 CE
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index
ISBN:0472130366