Muhammad''s Ascension in Muslim Spain - Elaborations Contestations of Mi raj in Eleventh To Twelfth Century

A survey of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian debates and mystical discussions about Muhammad's heavenly journey that took place in early medieval Spain.

About the author

Frederick S. Colby is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Narrating Muhammad's Night Journey: Tracing the Development of the Ibn Abbās Ascension Discourse, also published by SUNY Press, and the editor and translator of The Subtleties of the Ascension: Lataif al-Miraj: Early Mystical Sayings on Muhammad's Heavenly Journey.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick S Colby, Frederick S. Colby, Frederick S. (University of Oregon) Colby
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9798855800746
• ISBN: 9798855800746
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, European History, Spain, RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, RELIGION / Islam / History, mysticism, History of Religion, Judaism, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis, Judaism: mysticism, HISTORY / Europe / Spain