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Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802135994
ISBN-13
9780802135995
eBay Product ID (ePID)
749382
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
One Thousand Roads to Mecca : Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage
Number of Pages
656 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Islamic Studies, Essays & Travelogues, Islam / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year
1998
Features
Reprint
Genre
Travel, Religion, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A tradition of Muslim writing aimed at the insiders and out." -- The Boston Globe "Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them. The chosen excerpts give the readers a sense of how the hajj has changed over time as well as how constant the central ceremonies have remained. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A first-rate addition to a spiritual library." -- Los Angeles Times "Serves as an excellent introduction to a religion, people, culture, and philosophy." -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
Dewey Decimal
297
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Michael Wolfe's "exemplary" ( Library Journal ) collection of historical writings on the Hajj, now updated with a new introduction by Reza Aslan. Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries. The two very different literary traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Excerpted works include travel narratives by Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John Keene, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Harry St. John Philby, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Malcolm X, and Michael Wolfe., Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries. The two very different literary traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Excerpted works include travel narratives by Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John Keene, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Harry St. John Philby, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Malcolm X, and Michael Wolfe., The journey that all Muslims are enjoined to make once in their lifetime, the pilgrimage to Mecca and Islam itself, is discussed and debated in a collection of writings from both the East and West, by authors including Ibn Battuta, Sir Richard Burton, and Malcolm X.
LC Classification Number
BP187.3
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