Medieval Jerusalem : forging an Islamic city in spaces sacred to Christians and Jews

1. Verfasser: Lassner, Jacob , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017].
Umfang/Format: xxv, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Jerusalem
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The Holy Land and Jerusalem : singing praise to sacred space
  • Jerusalem in the imagination of the prophet and his companions
  • The "furthest place of worship" : Muslim tradition and modern scholarship
  • The Islamization of Umayyad Jerusalem : the role of Mu'āwiyah b. Abī Sufyān
  • 'Abd al-Malik and the Temple Mount : revisiting S. D. Goitein and Oleg Grabar
  • The so-called Umayyad administrative center
  • The Dome of the Rock and Arabic historiography
  • The "meaning" of the Dome of the Rock
  • Religion and local politics : praising native abodes
  • Appendix : The early caliphs, 632-833 CE.