Ecumenical Community

Language and Politics of the Ummah in the Qurʾan
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44298-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 455 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies on the Qur'an

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zafer, Hamza M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).