Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 176 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511512094
Content:
Mahdis and Millenarians is a discussion of Shiite groups in eighth- and ninth-century Iraq and Iran, whose ideas reflected a mixture of indigenous non-Muslim religious teachings and practices in Iraq in the early centuries of Islamic rule. It demonstrates the period's fluidity of religious boundaries. Particular attention is given to the millenarian expectations and the revolutionary political activities of these sects. Specifically, it seeks to define the term 'millenarian', to explain how these groups reflect that definition, and to show how they need to be seen in a much larger context than Shiite or even Muslim history. The author concentrates, therefore, on the historical-sociological role of these movements. The thesis of the study is that they were the first revolutionary chiliastic groups in Islamic history and, combined with the later influence of some of their doctrines, contributed to the teachings of a number of subsequent Shiite or quasi-Shiite sectarian groups.
Content:
Introduction -- 1. Earlier movements -- 2. Bayan ibn Sam'an and the Bayaniyya -- 3. al-Mughira ibn Sa'id and the Mughiriyya -- 4. Abu Mansur al-'Ijli and the Mansuriyya -- 5. 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya and the Janahiyya -- 6. Influence and significance of the four sects -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521178372
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521883849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521883849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521178372
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Tucker, William F., 1941 - Mahdis and millenarians Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008 ISBN 0521883849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521883849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521883849
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521883849
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Irak
;
Iran
;
Mahdi
;
Chiliasmus
;
Geschichte 700-900
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511512094
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink
