02442nam a2200457Ka 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020001800124020001500142020003500157020003200192035002100224035001800245050002500263082002000288049000900308100003000317245008200347250001200429260005900441300004400500504006600544505083400610588004701444650001101491650003601502650003101538650003101569655002301600650001601623655002201639776019201661856008601853910001601939994001201955999001701967ocn676698399OCoLC20200709055318.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu101101s2008    paua    ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  z9780827608641  z0827608640  a9780827610491 (electronic bk.)  a0827610491 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)676698399  a343758b(N$T) 4aBP161.3b.F57 2008eb04a297.02/4296222  aN$TA1 aFirestone, Reuven,d1952-13aAn introduction to Islam for Jewsh[electronic resource] /cReuven Firestone.  a1st ed.  aPhiladelphia :bJPS/Jewish Publication Society,c2008.  a1 online resource (xvi, 298 p.) :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and indexes.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.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aIslam. 0aIslamxEssence, genius, nature. 0aIslamxRelationsxJudaism. 0aJudaismxRelationsxIslam. 7aEinführung.2swd07aIslam.2swd 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aFirestone, Reuven, 1952-tIntroduction to Islam for Jews.b1st ed.dPhiladelphia : JPS/Jewish Publication Society, 2008z9780827608641w(DLC)  2007047352w(OCoLC)182537147403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=343758  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50074d50074