A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad by Ephrat, Daphna

A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780791446454)

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A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad by Ephrat, Daphna

A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad

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A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad by Ephrat, Daphna

A Learned Society in a Period of Transition: The Sunni ʿulamaʾ Of Eleventh-Century Baghdad

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Format: Hardcover
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Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad.

This book develops a new approach to the process of institutionalization and its social significance by focusing on Baghdad during the Sunni revival. Ephrat asserts that the Sunni revival was a period during which the fluid society of the "learned," the 'ulama', emerged as a more defined and exclusive group. By unveiling the world of learning beyond its legal and organizational structures, this book explains how the Baghdadi 'ulama' constructed their social bonds and identities.



Author: Daphna Ephrat
ISBN-10: 079144645X
ISBN-13: 9780791446454
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2000
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover

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Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 10
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Daphna Ephrat is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaism at the Open University of Israel, and teaches undergraduate courses in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew and Tel-Aviv Universities. She is the coauthor, with Nehemia Levtzion and Daniella Talmon-Heller, of An Introduction to Islamic Religion.

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