Uri Rubin
Biographic Data
| ID | 704171 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uri Rubin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uri |
| FAMILY NAME | Rubin |
| SIGNATURE | RUBIN U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia
Morning and Evening Prayers in Early Islam
Western scholars have already noticed that according to Muslim sources, before the five daily prayers became part of the "pillars" of Islam, the Muslims used to pray only twice a day. This attitude towards the hours of sunrise and sunset had direct bearings on salat al-duha; in fact, in the first decades after Muhammad's death there were several pious Muslims who wished to suppress the duha prayer altogether, declaring it to be unlawful. Many pio…
"Become you apes, repelled!" (Quran 7): (166): The transformation of the Israelites into apes and its biblical and midrashic background
In Quran 7:163-6, God punishes the inhabitants of "a town by the sea" who have collected fish from the sea on a Sabbath by transforming them into apes (qirada). Almost none of the attempts to find a precedent for this punishment in pre-Islamic texts have been plausible. This article argues that this scene reflects post-biblical traditions referring to Numbers 11:19-20. This biblical passage deals with the Israelites who consumed quails that had c…
Moses and the Holy Valley Ṭuwan: On the biblical and midrashic background of a qur’ānic scene
The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki
For many Muslims, the textual sources of Islam provide the guiding principles on which they base their beliefs. These texts have also been studied by Western scholars of Islam for centuries. Most of their work has focussed on the historicity of the texts, often at the expense of the study of Muslims' highly diverse interpretation and application of these sources in everyday life. This volume provides new insights into the transmission of these so…
El viaje nocturno (Isrā’) de Muḥammad a al-Masŷid al-Aqṣà. Aspectos de los orígenes de la santidad islámica de Jerusalén
Este artículo intenta demostrar que, al contrario de lo que mantienen varios estudiosos modernos, el término coránico al-Masŷid al-Aqṣà denomina a la Jerusalén terrestre. La Jerusalén a la que se refiere es la ciudad santa cristiana, una “Nueva Jerusalén” que reemplazaba a aquella que había sido destruida por los pecados de los judíos. El viaje nocturno de Muḥammad a este lugar constituye una visión semejante a la que experimentó Ezequiel. Las fu…
Between Bible and Qurʾān: The Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image
Traditions in Transformation: The Ark of the Covenant and the Golden Calf in Biblical and Islamic Historiography
Islam, the youngest of the three monotheistic religions, represents a fairly advanced stage in the evolution of traditions which could already be encountered in Jewish and Christian sources. Since the l9th century and even earlier, scholars who noticed this well-known phenomenon, have usually confined themselves merely to asserting the Jewish or Christian origins of traditions recounted in the Islamic sources, without further investigating the ne…
Traditions in Transformation. The Ark of the Covenant and the Golden Calf in Biblical and Islamic Historiography
Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam
Apocalypse and authority in Islamic Tradition: The emergence of the Twelve Leaders
Este artículo analiza las numerosas versiones de un Apocalipsis islámico que predice la aparición de 12 soberanos entre los musulmanes. Mantiene que las primeras versiones de este apocalipsis fueron puestas en circulación durante el período omeya, alrededor del año 100 H, cuando el número de califas se acercaba al duodécimo. La coincidencia entre los dos números simbólicos, 12 y 100, alimentó una atmósfera apocalíptica que favoreció la circulació…
The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muḥammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims. A Textual Analysis
The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muḥammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims, a Textual Analysis
Al-Walad li-l-Firash" on the Islamic Campaign against "Zina
La progeniture appartient a celui qui possede le lit. Les propos du prophete Muhammad necessitent une recherche approfondie. L'A. se propose de retracer les sources textuelles de cette tradition. Selon lui, cette etude permet de fonder des conclusions historiques sur des bases plus solides. Lorsque la maxime du firāsh a gagne sa position de discours prophetique - fondee sur l'autorite des hadīths -, la rehabilitation de Mu'āwiya est intervenue. L…
The Assassination of Kaʿb b. al-Ashraf
The assassination of Ka‛b b. al-Ashraf
Meccan trade and Qur'ānic exegesis (Qur'ān 2): 198
Qur'ān 2: 198 states that it is no fault in the Muslims that they should seek the faḍl of their lord: laysa 'alaykum junāḥun an tabtaghū faḍlan min rabbikum. This verse occurs within a series of godly ordinances pertaining to the Muslim ḥajj, and it is therefore quite obvious why Muslim exegetes thought that the faḍl of Allāh in our verse ought to be sought by the believers during the ḥajj. In order to convey this view, the exegetes used a simple…
Muhammad's Curse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca
Muhammad' s cUrse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca
MUHAMMAD' S CURSE OF MUDAR AND THE BLOCKADE OF MECCA BY URI RUBIN (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv) Preface In an article entitled "Mecca's food supplies and Muhammad's boycott", F. M. Donner draws attention to some Quranic passages dealing with "distress" (durr) and "chastisement" (Cadhiib) inflicted upon the unbelievers (XXIII/74-76), and with "hunger" (jiiC) suf- fered by a certain village (XVI/112)1). Most Muslim accounts con- nect these passag…
The "Constitution of Medina" Some Notes
L'A. examine cinq problemes poses par la Constitution de Medine: 1 Les Juifs nommes dans ce projet d'une unite de tous les habitants de Medine ne sont pas ceux des tribus juives: ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes: Yahad Bani Awf, Bani l'Najjar, etc. Ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes de Medine, parce qu'ils resident dans Medine. 2 Le haram de Medine: en sacralisant le territoire urbain de Medine, le Prophete le met sur le meme niveau que l…
The Īlāf of Quraysh
The "Constitution of Medina" Some Notes
L'A. examine cinq problemes poses par la Constitution de Medine: 1 Les Juifs nommes dans ce projet d'une unite de tous les habitants de Medine ne sont pas ceux des tribus juives: ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes: Yahad Bani Awf, Bani l'Najjar, etc. Ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes de Medine, parce qu'ils resident dans Medine. 2 Le haram de Medine: en sacralisant le territoire urbain de Medine, le Prophete le met sur le meme niveau que l…
The Īlāf of Quraysh
The "Constitution of Medina" Some Notes
L'A. examine cinq problemes poses par la Constitution de Medine: 1 Les Juifs nommes dans ce projet d'une unite de tous les habitants de Medine ne sont pas ceux des tribus juives: ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes: Yahad Bani Awf, Bani l'Najjar, etc. Ils sont affilies a des tribus arabes de Medine, parce qu'ils resident dans Medine. 2 Le haram de Medine: en sacralisant le territoire urbain de Medine, le Prophete le met sur le meme niveau que l…
Muhammad's Curse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca
Muhammad' s cUrse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca
MUHAMMAD' S CURSE OF MUDAR AND THE BLOCKADE OF MECCA BY URI RUBIN (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv) Preface In an article entitled "Mecca's food supplies and Muhammad's boycott", F. M. Donner draws attention to some Quranic passages dealing with "distress" (durr) and "chastisement" (Cadhiib) inflicted upon the unbelievers (XXIII/74-76), and with "hunger" (jiiC) suf- fered by a certain village (XVI/112)1). Most Muslim accounts con- nect these passag…
The Assassination of Kaʿb b. al-Ashraf
The assassination of Ka‛b b. al-Ashraf
Meccan trade and Qur'ānic exegesis (Qur'ān 2): 198
Qur'ān 2: 198 states that it is no fault in the Muslims that they should seek the faḍl of their lord: laysa 'alaykum junāḥun an tabtaghū faḍlan min rabbikum. This verse occurs within a series of godly ordinances pertaining to the Muslim ḥajj, and it is therefore quite obvious why Muslim exegetes thought that the faḍl of Allāh in our verse ought to be sought by the believers during the ḥajj. In order to convey this view, the exegetes used a simple…
Al-Walad li-l-Firash" on the Islamic Campaign against "Zina
La progeniture appartient a celui qui possede le lit. Les propos du prophete Muhammad necessitent une recherche approfondie. L'A. se propose de retracer les sources textuelles de cette tradition. Selon lui, cette etude permet de fonder des conclusions historiques sur des bases plus solides. Lorsque la maxime du firāsh a gagne sa position de discours prophetique - fondee sur l'autorite des hadīths -, la rehabilitation de Mu'āwiya est intervenue. L…
The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muḥammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims, a Textual Analysis
Apocalypse and authority in Islamic Tradition: The emergence of the Twelve Leaders
Este artículo analiza las numerosas versiones de un Apocalipsis islámico que predice la aparición de 12 soberanos entre los musulmanes. Mantiene que las primeras versiones de este apocalipsis fueron puestas en circulación durante el período omeya, alrededor del año 100 H, cuando el número de califas se acercaba al duodécimo. La coincidencia entre los dos números simbólicos, 12 y 100, alimentó una atmósfera apocalíptica que favoreció la circulació…
The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muḥammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims. A Textual Analysis
Between Bible and Qurʾān: The Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image
Traditions in Transformation: The Ark of the Covenant and the Golden Calf in Biblical and Islamic Historiography
Islam, the youngest of the three monotheistic religions, represents a fairly advanced stage in the evolution of traditions which could already be encountered in Jewish and Christian sources. Since the l9th century and even earlier, scholars who noticed this well-known phenomenon, have usually confined themselves merely to asserting the Jewish or Christian origins of traditions recounted in the Islamic sources, without further investigating the ne…
Traditions in Transformation. The Ark of the Covenant and the Golden Calf in Biblical and Islamic Historiography
Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam
El viaje nocturno (Isrā’) de Muḥammad a al-Masŷid al-Aqṣà. Aspectos de los orígenes de la santidad islámica de Jerusalén
Este artículo intenta demostrar que, al contrario de lo que mantienen varios estudiosos modernos, el término coránico al-Masŷid al-Aqṣà denomina a la Jerusalén terrestre. La Jerusalén a la que se refiere es la ciudad santa cristiana, una “Nueva Jerusalén” que reemplazaba a aquella que había sido destruida por los pecados de los judíos. El viaje nocturno de Muḥammad a este lugar constituye una visión semejante a la que experimentó Ezequiel. Las fu…
The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki
For many Muslims, the textual sources of Islam provide the guiding principles on which they base their beliefs. These texts have also been studied by Western scholars of Islam for centuries. Most of their work has focussed on the historicity of the texts, often at the expense of the study of Muslims' highly diverse interpretation and application of these sources in everyday life. This volume provides new insights into the transmission of these so…
Moses and the Holy Valley Ṭuwan: On the biblical and midrashic background of a qur’ānic scene
"Become you apes, repelled!" (Quran 7): (166): The transformation of the Israelites into apes and its biblical and midrashic background
In Quran 7:163-6, God punishes the inhabitants of "a town by the sea" who have collected fish from the sea on a Sabbath by transforming them into apes (qirada). Almost none of the attempts to find a precedent for this punishment in pre-Islamic texts have been plausible. This article argues that this scene reflects post-biblical traditions referring to Numbers 11:19-20. This biblical passage deals with the Israelites who consumed quails that had c…
Morning and Evening Prayers in Early Islam
Western scholars have already noticed that according to Muslim sources, before the five daily prayers became part of the "pillars" of Islam, the Muslims used to pray only twice a day. This attitude towards the hours of sunrise and sunset had direct bearings on salat al-duha; in fact, in the first decades after Muhammad's death there were several pious Muslims who wished to suppress the duha prayer altogether, declaring it to be unlawful. Many pio…
Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia
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