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The garden and the fire : heaven and hell in Islamic culture / Nerina Rustomji.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00639543 | Recorded BooksPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 201 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231511834
  • 0231511833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Garden and the fire.DDC classification:
  • 297.2/3 22
LOC classification:
  • BP166.8 .R87 2009
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • EH 5365
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Contents:
The garden, the fire, and Islamic origins -- Visions of the afterworld -- Material culture and an Islamic ethic -- Otherworldly landscapes and earthly realities -- Humanity, servants, and companions -- Individualized gardens and expanding fires -- Legacy of gardens -- Epilogue.
Summary: Provides an analysis of how visions of the Garden and the Fire, or Heaven and Hell, within Sunni Islam changed between the seventh and thirteenth centuries, and looks at how Muslims used images to represent the Garden on Earth from the seventh to the nineteenth century.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)515386

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.

The garden, the fire, and Islamic origins -- Visions of the afterworld -- Material culture and an Islamic ethic -- Otherworldly landscapes and earthly realities -- Humanity, servants, and companions -- Individualized gardens and expanding fires -- Legacy of gardens -- Epilogue.

Provides an analysis of how visions of the Garden and the Fire, or Heaven and Hell, within Sunni Islam changed between the seventh and thirteenth centuries, and looks at how Muslims used images to represent the Garden on Earth from the seventh to the nineteenth century.

Nerina Rustomji is associate professor of history at St. John's University in Queens, New York.

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