Contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature / David Cook.
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TextSeries: Religion and politicsPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0815630581 (hardcover (cloth) : alk. paper)
- BP 166.8 COO 22
- BP166.8 COO .C65 2005
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| BP 166.6 RID The Muhammadan revelation / | BP 166.6 ROE Thus were they hearing : | BP 166.77 KHA Islam and the fate of others : | BP 166.8 COO Contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature / | BP 166.8 RUS The garden and the fire : | BP 166.8 SMI The Islamic understanding of death and resurrection / | BP 166.9 CRO God's caliph : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-255) and index.
Classical Muslim apocalyptic literature -- Building a new vision of the future in the wake of the six days' war -- Interpretations of the present -- The controversy about dating the end of the world -- Quran 17:48 from Banu Israil to the state of Israel -- The mahdi and world conquest -- Prophecies of America, the Second Ad, and its downfall -- Apocalyptic predictions concerning Afghanistan and the Taliban -- The figure of the antichrist -- Problems with the texts and how they are overcome -- Conclusions.
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