Isaac as the Persian's Ishmael
Pride and the Pre-Islamic Past in Ninth and Tenth Century Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23203456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Bowen Savant (0000-0002-7828-5347, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Islamic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-7125 • E-ISSN: 1743-1638 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/cis.v2i1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2062975100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
For many ninth and tenth-century Persian Muslims, Isaac fulfilled a role as the Persians’ Ishmael. Abraham was their grandfather just as he was the Arabs’. Claims to Isaac as the Persians’ father occurred amidst dozens of other attempts in the ninth and tenth centuries to link Persians to prophetic lines. When Persians identified Isaac as a father, there was an overwhelming concern to establish through prophetic genealogy a better place for Persians in Islamic society. The attempts were sometimes met with fierce resistance. How exactly the Persians descended from Isaac was generally left unsaid.
Ancient history · Art · Islam · Literature · Ninth · Persian · Pride · Theology · Unsaid · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |