TY  - BOOK
AU  - Firestone, Reuven, 1952- 
TI  -  Jihād: the origin of holy war in Islam / 
SN  - 0195154940 (pbk.) 
AV  - BP182 .F57 1999 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Jihad
KW  - History.
KW  - War
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam.
N1  - 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.
ER  -