A Place Between Two Places : : The Quranic Barzakh / / George Archer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Archer, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Thought
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONVENTIONS --; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, OR "THAT SECOND KINGDOM" --; CHAPTER II. METHOD, OR "THE BARRIER BETWEEN US AND OUR ANCESTORS" --; CHAPTER III. AN EXCAVATION OF THE CAVE --; CHAPTER IV. SLEEP CYCLES: THE INTRA-QURʾĀNIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARZAKH --; CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF MUḤAMMAD: THE MEDIEVAL BARZAKH --; CHAPTER VI. ORALITY TRANSLATION, SOUL-SLEEP, AND THE MONOTHEISTIC IMAGINATION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WORKS CITED --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463237097; 9783110663013
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463237097
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: George Archer.

For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.