A Place Between Two Places : The Quranic Barzakh /
Archer, George
A Place Between Two Places : The Quranic Barzakh / George Archer. - 1 online resource (480 p.) - Islamic History and Thought .
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, OR "THAT SECOND KINGDOM" -- CHAPTER II. METHOD, OR "THE BARRIER BETWEEN US AND OUR ANCESTORS" -- CHAPTER III. AN EXCAVATION OF THE CAVE -- CHAPTER IV. SLEEP CYCLES: THE INTRA-QURʾĀNIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARZAKH -- CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF MUḤAMMAD: THE MEDIEVAL BARZAKH -- CHAPTER VI. ORALITY TRANSLATION, SOUL-SLEEP, AND THE MONOTHEISTIC IMAGINATION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WORKS CITED -- INDEX
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For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463206123 9781463237097
10.31826/9781463237097 doi
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
297.2/3
A Place Between Two Places : The Quranic Barzakh / George Archer. - 1 online resource (480 p.) - Islamic History and Thought .
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, OR "THAT SECOND KINGDOM" -- CHAPTER II. METHOD, OR "THE BARRIER BETWEEN US AND OUR ANCESTORS" -- CHAPTER III. AN EXCAVATION OF THE CAVE -- CHAPTER IV. SLEEP CYCLES: THE INTRA-QURʾĀNIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARZAKH -- CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF MUḤAMMAD: THE MEDIEVAL BARZAKH -- CHAPTER VI. ORALITY TRANSLATION, SOUL-SLEEP, AND THE MONOTHEISTIC IMAGINATION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WORKS CITED -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463206123 9781463237097
10.31826/9781463237097 doi
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
297.2/3