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The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition: An Annotated Translation by Nu'aym B. Hammad Al-Marwazi

The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition: An Annotated Translation by Nu'aym B. Hammad Al-Marwazi

Al-Marwazi, Nu'aym B. Hammad
Cook, David
Cook, David

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslam

ISBN10: 1474424104
ISBN13: 9781474424103
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Jul 18 2017
Pages: 520
Weight: 2.34
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

The Book of Tribulations is the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive, and as such has considerable value as a primary text. It is unique in its importance for Islamic history: focusing upon the central Syrian city of Hims, it gives us a picture of the personalities of the city, the tribal conflicts within, the tensions between the proto-Muslim community and the majority Christian population, and above all details about the wars with the Byzantines. Additionally, Nu aym gives us a range of both the Umayyad and the Abbasid official propaganda, which was couched in apocalyptic and messianic terms.

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