Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 67-86
Keywords:
Ibn Ḥabīb, ʻAbd al-Malik,
;
David, Islamic interpretations
;
Bible Influence
Abstract:
The paper discusses the image of king David in the traditions contained in the Kitāb al-waraʿ, a compilation of Islamic piety by ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ḥabīb (d. 238/853), against the backdrop of earlier and contemporary Muslim literature. It presents and analyzes the role of David in the paradigm of Islamic piety of the third/ninth century through comparisons of this hitherto unpublished work with other similar sources from this period (e.g., Ibn Ḥanbal’s Kitāb al-zuhd). By doing so, it serves a starting point for further investigation of the role of prophets in the classical Islamic pietistic literature.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004465978_005
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