1 resultado para Rosalind Hackett
em Dalarna University College Electronic Archive
Resumo:
This article is an analysis of the story of the killing of usayn b. Al at Karbal in 61/680, as it is presented by Ab Jafar Muammad b. Jarr al-abar (d. 310/923). The main argument is that the notion of the divine covenant, which permeates the Quran, constitutes a framework through which al-abar views this event. The Quranic idea of the covenant is read in structural/thematic continuity with the Hebrew Bible account of the covenant between Yahweh and the Hebrew people, which has, in turn, been traced back in its basic form to Late Bronze Era treaties between rulers and their vassals. The present study focusses on four speeches ascribed to usayn during the encounter he and his group had with the vanguard of the Kfan army led by al-urr. These are analysed in accordance with their use of Quranic covenant vocabulary. They are also categorised within the broader framework of the eight standard characteristics of Ancient West Asian and Biblical covenants, as presented by George Mendenhall and Gary Herion, which have recently been developed in a Quranic context by Rosalind Ward Gwynne. This article argues that al-abars Karbal narrative presents the pact of loyalty to usayn as a clear extension of the divine covenant.
