Steven Judd

Religious Scholars and the Umayyads

Piety-Minded Supporters of the Marwanid Caliphate

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Produktbeschreibung

Religious Scholars and the Umayyads analyzes legal and theological developments during the Marw¿nid period (64/684--132/750), focusing on religious scholars who supported the Umayyad caliphate. It includes a prosopographical study of Umayyad-era scholars and offers a new approach to using later Arabic historical sources to study the Umayyad period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415844970
• ISBN-10: 0415844975
• Artikelnr.: 37085339

Autorenporträt

Steven C. Judd is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. He has written extensively on the Umayyad period, focusing on history, historiography, theology and legal studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Umayyad Problem in Early Islamic History 1 Umayyad Scholars in Modern Academic Literature 2 The Problem of Sources Part II: The Pillars of Umayyad Piety 3 Al
Sha'bi (d.ca. 103/721
109/727) 4 Al
Zuhri (d. 124/742) 5 Abdallah b. 'Aun (d. 151/768) 6 Al
Awza'i (d. 157/774) 7 Sufyan al
Thawi (d.161/778) Part III: The Qadi'in Umayyad Society 8 The Function of the Qadi under the Umayyads 9 The NETWORK OF Umayyad Qadis Conclusion 10 The Legacy of Pro
Umayyad Scholars