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008			071115s2008 paua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007047352
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020			_a9780827608641 (alk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)ocn182537147
035			_a(OCoLC)182537147 _z(OCoLC)176996007
040			_aDLC _cKE-NaHC _dBAKER _dYDXCP _dUKM _dBTCTA _dC#P _dBWX _dDLC _beng
050	0	0	_aBP161.3 FIR
082	0	0	_aBP 161.3 FIR
100	1		_aFirestone, Reuven _d1952- _942651
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to Islam for Jews _cReuven Firestone
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aPhiladelphia: _bJewish Publication Society, _c2008.
300			_axvi, 298 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and indexes.
505	0		_aA survey of Islamic history -- Why an introduction to Islam specifically for Jews? -- Arabs and Israelites -- Pre-Islamic origins -- The emergence of Islam -- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina -- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community -- The conquests -- The caliphal dynasties -- The decline of the Muslim world -- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law -- God -- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith" -- The evolution of a formal theology -- The Qur'an -- The interpretive tradition -- The prophetic record -- Islamic law -- The workings of shari'a -- The umma: Islam in practice -- The umma and the caliphate -- The five pillars of Islam -- A sixth pillar? Jihad -- The range of practice among Muslims -- Sufism -- The shi'a -- Mosque and clergy -- The calendar -- The Muslim life-cycle -- Personal observance.
650		0	_aIslam. _9126411
650		0	_aIslam _xEssence, genius, nature. _9126412
650		0	_aIslam _xRelations _xJudaism. _9126413
650		0	_aJudaism _xRelations _xIslam. _9126414
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007047352.html
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBK _hBP 161.3 FIR