Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Relics, and Territory in Islam

by Brannon Wheeler and Brannon M. Wheeler

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature but from their social character. Building upon this insight, Mecca and Eden uses Islamic exegetical and legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca.

Integrating Islamic examples into the comparative study of religion, Brannon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226888045
• ISBN13: 9780226888040
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.0"