TY  - BOOK
AU  - Firestone,Reuven
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - An introduction to Islam for Jews
AV  - BP161.3 .F57 2008eb
U1  - 297.02/4296 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - JPS/Jewish Publication Society
KW  - Islam
KW  - Essence, genius, nature
KW  - Relations
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and indexes; A survey of Islamic history -- Why an introduction to Islam specifically for Jews? -- Arabs and Israelites -- Pre-Islamic origins -- The emergence of Islam -- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina -- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community -- The conquests -- The caliphal dynasties -- The decline of the Muslim world -- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law -- God -- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith" -- The evolution of a formal theology -- The Qur'an -- The interpretive tradition -- The prophetic record -- Islamic law -- The workings of shari'a -- The umma: Islam in practice -- The umma and the caliphate -- The five pillars of Islam -- A sixth pillar? Jihad -- The range of practice among Muslims -- Sufism -- The shi'a -- Mosque and clergy -- The calendar -- The Muslim life-cycle -- Personal observance; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10388525
ER  -