"The Reign of God Has Come": Eschatology and Empire in Late Antiquity and Early Islam.
For much of the 20th century, scholarship on Muhammad and the beginnings of Islam has shown a reluctance to acknowledge the importance of imminent eschatology in earliest Islam. One of the main reasons for this resistance to eschatology would appear to be the undeniable importance of conquest and po...
| Publicado en: | Arabica Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 514 - 559 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=97506372&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 97506372 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 05705398 C0W jtl: Arabica issn: 05705398 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2014 vid: 61 iid: 5 pid: 639 pub: Brill Academic Publishers artinfo: ui: 97506372 10.1163/15700585-12341312 ppf: 514 ppct: 45 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 17.2MB tig: atl: "The Reign of God Has Come": Eschatology and Empire in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. aug: au: Shoemaker, Stephen J. affil: University of Oregon su: Eschatology 20th century Islam Qur'an Christians Tābi'ūn Byzantine civilization sug: subj: Eschatology 20th century Islam Qur'an Christians Tābi'ūn Byzantine civilization keyword: Antiquité tardive Apocalyptic Literature Byzantine Empire christianisme Christianity débuts de l'islam Early Islam empire byzantin eschatologie impérialisme Imperialism judaïsme Judaism Late Antiquity littérature apocalyptique Muhammad Antiquité tardive christianisme débuts de l'islam empire byzantin eschatologie impérialisme judaïsme littérature apocalyptique ab: For much of the 20th century, scholarship on Muhammad and the beginnings of Islam has shown a reluctance to acknowledge the importance of imminent eschatology in earliest Islam. One of the main reasons for this resistance to eschatology would appear to be the undeniable importance of conquest and political expansion in early Islam: if Muhammad and his followers believed that the world would soon come to an end, why then did they seek to conquer and rule over so much of it? Nevertheless, there is no real contradiction between the urgent eschatology revealed by the Qur'än and other early sources on the one hand, and the determination of Muhammad and his followers to expand their religious policy and establish an empire on the other. To the contrary, the political eschatology of the Byzantine Christians during the sixth and early seventh centuries indicates that these two beliefs went hand in hand, offering important contemporary precedent for the imperial eschatology that seems to have fueled the rise of Islam. Durant la plus grande partie du XXe siècle, les études sur Muhammad et les débuts de l'islam ont manifesté une réticence à reconnaître l'importance de l'eschatologie imminente aux origines de l'islam. L'une des principales raisons de cette résistance à l'eschatologie serait l'importance indéniable de la conquête et de l'expansion politique au début de l'islam : si Muhammad et les premiers convertis croyaient que le monde prendrait rapidement fin, alors pourquoi auraient-ils cherché à conquérir et à régner sur une si grande partie de celui-ci ? Néanmoins, il n'existe pas de véritable contradiction entre l'urgence de l'eschatologie révélée par le Coran et d'autres sources anciennes, d'une part, et la détermination de Muhammad et des premiers convertis à développer leur politique religieuse et établir un nouvel empire, d'autre part. Au contraire, l'eschatologie politique des chrétiens byzantins durant le sixième siècle et le début du septième siècle indique que ces deux croyances allaient de pair, offrant un important précédent contemporain pour l'eschatologie impériale qui semble avoir alimenté la montée de l'Islam. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Arabica is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Arabica holder: Brill Academic Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2014 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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