Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam through four major movements from different times and places

About the author

Yohanan Friedmann is Max Schloessinger Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professor at Shalem College, Jerusalem. In 2003 he received the Landau Prize in the Humanities, and in 2016 he was awarded both the Israel Prize for Near Eastern Studies and the Rothschild Prize in the Humanities. His publications include Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi and Tolerance and Coercion in Islam.

Summary

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam through four major movements from different times and places

Product details

• Authors: Yohanan Friedmann, Friedmann Yohanan
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780861543113
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-311-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Islam / Sunni, RELIGION / Eschatology, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, Islamic Theology, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Islamic groups: Sunni, Alsalaf