Yohanan Friedmann

Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam

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Expectation of a redeemer is a widespread phenomenon across many civilisations. Classical Islamic traditions maintain that this redeemer will transform our world for the better in collaboration with Jesus, who will return as a Muslim and play a central role in this apocalyptic endeavour. While the messianic idea occupies a central place in Shi'i thought, there have also been numerous Sunni claimants throughout history - though they have received less scholarly attention. In this groundbreaking work, Yohanan Friedmann explores the roots of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam, and studies four major mahdi claimants - Ibn Tumart, Sayyid Muhammad J… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-86154-312-0
EAN: 9780861543120
Produktnummer: 37767340
Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

Yohanan Friedmann is Max Schloessinger Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1993 he received the Landau Prize in the Humanities, and in 2016 he was awarded both the Israel Prize for Near Eastern Studies and the Rothschild Prize in the Humanities. His publications include Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi and Tolerance and Coercion in Islam.