The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria
Josef W. (, Fellow and Special Scholar in Residence, Aal-al-Bayt Foundation for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan) Meri
Oxford University Press, 2002
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This accessible study is the first critical investigation of the cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria and the Near East. Josef Meri's critical reading of a wide range of contemporary sources reveals a vibrant religious culture in which the veneration of saints and pilgrimage to tombs and shrines were fundamental.
- ISBN-13
- 9780199250783
- ISBN-10
- 0199250782
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Publication date
- 2002-11-14
- Pages
- 342
- Dimensions
- 223x146x25
- Weight
- 540