Al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar: Volume IV, Section 2: The Idols of the Arabs

Michael Lecker (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

394 Seiten

2022
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-49983-6 (ISBN)

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The chapter about idol worship in Maqrīzī’s Universal History includes excerpts from books that are no longer extant. They make it harder to argue against the import or even the very existence of pre-Islamic idol worship.

The chapter about idols in Maqrīzī’s universal history is made of excerpts from earlier books, some of which are no longer extant. Excerpts from the latter category naturally form the most exciting aspect of this text. Its appearance comes at a time when certain scholars doubt the import or even the very existence of pre-Islamic idol worship. Early Islamic literature often focuses on the contemporaries of the Prophet Muḥammad whose stories were a source of pride for their offspring. The crucial moment in one’s life was the conversion, and it is in the context of conversion that we learn about idol worship.

Michael Lecker, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies the economic and social history of early Islam, with an emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula. Yaara Perlman is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, where she focuses on early Islamic history. In her dissertation, she seeks to extract historical details from genealogical evidence. She holds BA and MA degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Preface

List of Plates

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Idols in Conversion Reports

2 Mecca

3 Medina (Yaṯrib) (§ 110–117)

4 Idols and Treasuries

Notes on the Edition and the Translation

Plates

Abbreviations and Symbols

Critical Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar, vol. IV, Section 2: The Idols of the Arabs

Section on the Idols of the Arabs [Their aṣnām and awṯān]

Wadd

Suwāʿ

Yaġūṯ

Yaʿūq

Nasr

Hubal

Isāf and Nāʾilah

Saʿd

ʿĀʾim

Ḏū l-Šará

Ruḍā

Ḍamār

Al-Ḥarīš, Ṣaḫr, Šams, al-Bihām, al-Qayn, Šafr, al-Ḥibs, Ġayyān, Isāf, Samūl, Ḥusā, al-Ṭimm, al-Samḥ

Sāf, al-Dībāǧ, al-Zabr

Huzzam

Manāf

Dawār

Al-Fals

Nuhm

Al-Suʿayr

Al-Uqayṣir

Al-ʿUrayf

Al-Ḥalāl

Aḥmas

ʿAmm Anas

Al-Šurayr, Ġanm, Ḏū l-Kaffayni

Al-Šāriq

Marsūġ

Al-Bayḍāʾ

Kulāl

Al-Ḫamīs

Al-Mukaymin

Yalīl

Barkulān

Qurs

Al-ʿAbd

Al-Ǧuṯā

Farrāḍ

Zaʿbal

Al-Ǧalsad

Ḥumām

ʿAwḍ

Saqb

Section on al-ǧibt and al-ṭāġūt

Al-ʿUzzá

Allāt

Manāt

Ḏū l-Kaʿabāt

Ḏū l-Ḫalaṣah

The Kaʿbah of Naǧrān

Riyām

Al-Qalīs/al-Qullays

Al-Huǧam

The account of Ḏāt Anwāṭ

Anṣāb

Ruḍā

Buss

Fire Temple

Al-Saʿīdah

Bibliography

List of Quoted Manuscripts

Index of Qurʾānic Verses

Index of Verses of Poetry

Index of Prophetic Traditions

Index of Names (People and Places)

Index of Technical Terms

Index of Quoted Titles in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar

Index of Sources in al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar

Index of Glosses

Facsimile of MS Fatih 4339 (Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi), Fols. 30a–48b

Erscheinungsdatum	07.12.2021
Reihe/Serie	Bibliotheca Maqriziana ; 8
Übersetzer	Yaara Perlman
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	arabisch; englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	781 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	90-04-49983-0 / 9004499830
ISBN-13	978-90-04-49983-6 / 9789004499836
Zustand	Neuware