Jihād :
Firestone, Reuven, 1952-
Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam / Reuven Firestone. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - xi, 195 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Transliterations -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Imaging Arabia. Islam and holy war -- The pre-Islamic world -- pt. 2. The Qurʼān and its interpretation. The Qurʼān : the traditional reading and its inherent weakness -- The Qurʼān on war : a new reading -- pt. 3. The oral tradition. The prophetic sunna -- The sira -- Conclusion : from mundane war to holy war.
0195154940 (pbk.) 9780195154948 (pbk.)
Jihad--History.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
BP182 / .F57 1999
Jihād : the origin of holy war in Islam / Reuven Firestone. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - xi, 195 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Transliterations -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Imaging Arabia. Islam and holy war -- The pre-Islamic world -- pt. 2. The Qurʼān and its interpretation. The Qurʼān : the traditional reading and its inherent weakness -- The Qurʼān on war : a new reading -- pt. 3. The oral tradition. The prophetic sunna -- The sira -- Conclusion : from mundane war to holy war.
0195154940 (pbk.) 9780195154948 (pbk.)
Jihad--History.
War--Religious aspects--Islam.
BP182 / .F57 1999