Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic

by David Cook

A detailed study on the nature of Muslim apocalyptic material in Islam, both Sunnī and Shīʿī. Taking a transcultural perspective by also discussing Christian and Jewish apocalyptic traditions, it offers in eight studies and three appendices a typology of apocalypses and many new insights into the matter. For instance, historical apocalypses as well as apocalyptic figures, like the Dajjāl, the Sufyānī and the Mahdī...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 395994120X
• ISBN13: 9783959941204
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Gerlach Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.