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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 June 2022
      23 June 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009053990
      9781316511862
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053990
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.86kg, 482 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Islam, Area Studies, Religion
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    Islam is the only biblical religion that still practices animal sacrifice. Indeed, every year more than a million animals are shipped to Mecca from all over the world to be slaughtered during the Muslim Hajj. This multi-disciplinary volume is the first to examine the physical foundations of this practice and  the significance of the ritual. Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of the elaborate camel sacrifice performed by Muhammad, which serves as the model for future Hajj sacrifices. Wheeler integrates biblical and classical Arabic sources with evidence from zooarchaeology and the rock art of ancient Arabia to gain insight into an event that reportedly occurred 1400 years ago. His book encourages a more nuanced and expansive conception of “sacrifice” in the history of religion.

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    ‘Wheeler’s book is not only timely but also prodigious, as it engages with an impressive range of primary sources and secondary scholarship pertaining to Islam and several other religious traditions of the ancient world … Wheeler’s book is an impressive contribution that should appeal to students of early Islam as well as those interested in the significance of sacrifice in religious history.‘

    Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society

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