Ecumenical Community
Language and Politics of the Ummah in the Qur?an
Published on 26. November 2020
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-90-04-44298-6 (ISBN)
Description
In Ecumenical Community, Hamza M. Zafer explores the language and politics of community-formation in the Qur?an. Zafer proposes that ecumenism, or the inclusivity of social difference, was a key alliance-building strategy in the western Arabian proto-Muslim communitarian movement (1st/7th century). The Proto-Muslims imagined that their pietistic community-the ummah-transcended but did not efface prior social differences based in class, clan, and custom. In highlighting the inclusive orientation of the Qur?an's ummah-building program, Zafer provides new insights into the development of early Islam and the period preceding the Arab conquests.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-44298-6 (9789004442986)
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Hamza M. Zafer, Ph.D. (2014), Cornell University, is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington. He has published articles on the Qur?an and early Islam, and co-edited The Qur?an Seminar Commentary (De Gruyter, 2016) and His Pen and Ink are a Powerful Mirror (Brill, 2020).
Content
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates
Introduction
?1?The Qur?an as a Historical Text
?2?Historical-Material Context
?3?The Ecumenical Community
?4?The Ummah Proclamation
?5?Translation of the Ummah Proclamation (Q. 2:122-152)
1 The Ummah and Collectivity
?1?The Communal Meaning
?2?The Salvific Community
?3?The Prophet-Arbitrator
?4?Conclusion
2 The Ummah and Class
?1?The Theology of Resources
?2?God's Surplus
?3?The Acts of Welfare
?4?Conclusion
3 The Ummah and Clan
?1?The Dissolution of Clans
?2?Abraham and the Clan
?3?The Assembly of Abraham
?4?The Patrimony of Israel
?5?Conclusion
4 The Ummah and Custom
?1?Supra-Sectarian Solidarity
?2?The Altar of Abraham
?3?The Dye of God
?4?Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Ummah Proclamation
Appendix 2: The Ummah Pact
Appendix 3: The Ummah Surah Sequence
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Quranic Verses
Abbreviations
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates
Introduction
?1?The Qur?an as a Historical Text
?2?Historical-Material Context
?3?The Ecumenical Community
?4?The Ummah Proclamation
?5?Translation of the Ummah Proclamation (Q. 2:122-152)
1 The Ummah and Collectivity
?1?The Communal Meaning
?2?The Salvific Community
?3?The Prophet-Arbitrator
?4?Conclusion
2 The Ummah and Class
?1?The Theology of Resources
?2?God's Surplus
?3?The Acts of Welfare
?4?Conclusion
3 The Ummah and Clan
?1?The Dissolution of Clans
?2?Abraham and the Clan
?3?The Assembly of Abraham
?4?The Patrimony of Israel
?5?Conclusion
4 The Ummah and Custom
?1?Supra-Sectarian Solidarity
?2?The Altar of Abraham
?3?The Dye of God
?4?Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Ummah Proclamation
Appendix 2: The Ummah Pact
Appendix 3: The Ummah Surah Sequence
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Quranic Verses