Author
Jarrār, Māhir Zuhayr, 1956-
Publication Date
2020
Publication Place
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston -
Brill
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID
991025814757906442
Date
2020
Notes
This pioneering study casts important new light on key issues in the development of dogmatic instruction in early Islam, as it examines the creed written by the Basran and Baghdadi Sunni preacher Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888). It includes a critical edition of the Arabic text and an English translation of what appears to be one of the earliest statements of religious beliefs in Islam. In particular, this book argues convincingly that this influential text was authored by the ninth century Ghulām Khalīl rather than the Hanbali preacher of Baghdad, al-Barbahārī - a claim repeatedly made by modern scholars, both Western and Eastern. The present publication broaches multi-layered themes with the aim of specifying the parameters of this “Muslim Creed” in terms of the composite relationship between its content and its origin. In addition, it tackles the important question of what may have led modern Salafis to embrace the doctrinal positions of this particular statement of belief and practice and, perhaps more importantly, to pursue its “institutionalization” as a religious orthodoxy.
İlgili kişiler
Günther, Sebastian
ISBN
90-04-42905-0
Dizi başlığı
Islamic history and civilization ; ; Volume 174.
