- Tytuł:
- The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion
- Autorzy:
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Prochwicz-Studnicka, Bożena
Mrozek, Andrzej - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2087803.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-12-20
- Wydawca:
- Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
- Tematy:
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angels
death
cultural diffusion
Hebrew Bible
intertestamental literature
Talmud
Christian Apocrypha
Quran
sunna of the Prophet Muhammad - Opis:
- The article harks back to the publication entitled “The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources” (VV 38/2 [2020]), which was devoted to the analysis of the eponymous theme in the foundational sources of Islam: the Quran and the sunna of the Prophet Muhammad. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the motif of angel(s) may have been borrowed from two monotheistic traditions that came before. The verification of the thesis that the motif of the angel(s) of death underwent diffusion was carried out in several steps. First, the motif was identified in the textual traditions of Judaism and early Christianity (i.e. sets of texts that were known and, in all likelihood, widespread in the Middle East during the formative period of Islam). As a result of the analysis, most of the themes recognised in the foundational texts of Islam were found. The next step was to identify possible routes of their transmission and percolation into the Islamic tradition and to determine the “ideological demand” for the motif of the angel(s) of death in the burgeoning Islam. Although Jewish and Christian imagery and beliefs about angels are an important (if not the primary) source of influence on Muslim angelology, there was most likely a two-way interaction between the monotheistic traditions, albeit to a limited extent.
- Źródło:
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Verbum Vitae; 2021, 39, 4; 1233-1261
1644-8561
2451-280X - Pojawia się w:
- Verbum Vitae
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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