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Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land (Princeton Legacy Library)
Francis Edward Peters
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Description for Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land (Princeton Legacy Library)
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. The stories of all these figures, holy men and heathens alike, come together in this book to offer a remarkably revealing literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life and of the surrounding area. Closely following the publication of F. ... Read more
For the non-Muslim, Mecca is the most forbidden of Holy Cities--and yet, in many ways it is the best known. Muslim historians and geographers have studied it, and countless pilgrims and travelers--many of them European Christians in disguise--have left behind lively and well-publicized accounts of life in Mecca and its associated shrine-city of Medina, where the Prophet lies buried. The stories of all these figures, holy men and heathens alike, come together in this book to offer a remarkably revealing literary portrait of the city's traditions and urban life and of the surrounding area. Closely following the publication of F. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691654157
SKU
V9780691654157
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Reviews for Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land (Princeton Legacy Library)
Honorable Mention for the 1994 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers Full of informative detail, and with substantial notes and bibliography, [Peters'] work is a true scholar's guidebook to further study.
Library Journal [F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and ... Read more
Library Journal [F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and ... Read more