The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion
The article harks back to the publication entitled “The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources” (VV 38/2 [2020]), which was devoted to the analysis of the eponymous theme in the foundational sources of Islam: the Quran and the sunna of the Prophet Muhammad. The purpose of thi...
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| description | The article harks back to the publication entitled “The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources” (VV 38/2 [2020]), which was devoted to the analysis of the eponymous theme in the foundational sources of Islam: the Quran and the sunna of the Prophet Muhammad. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the motif of angel(s) may have been borrowed from two monotheistic traditions that came before. The verification of the thesis that the motif of the angel(s) of death underwent diffusion was carried out in several steps. First, the motif was identified in the textual traditions of Judaism and early Christianity (i.e. sets of texts that were known and, in all likelihood, widespread in the Middle East during the formative period of Islam). As a result of the analysis, most of the themes recognised in the foundational texts of Islam were found. The next step was to identify possible routes of their transmission and percolation into the Islamic tradition and to determine the “ideological demand” for the motif of the angel(s) of death in the burgeoning Islam. Although Jewish and Christian imagery and beliefs about angels are an important (if not the primary) source of influence on Muslim angelology, there was most likely a two-way interaction between the monotheistic traditions, albeit to a limited extent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcc5f1ed6a5a4fab99684f8b2b8fe9052022-12-21T19:46:08ZdeuThe John Paul II Catholic University of LublinVerbum Vitae1644-85612451-280X2021-12-0139410.31743/vv.12704The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural DiffusionBożena Prochwicz-Studnicka0Andrzej Mrozek1Jesuit University Ignatianum in CracowJagiellonian University in KrakówThe article harks back to the publication entitled “The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources” (VV 38/2 [2020]), which was devoted to the analysis of the eponymous theme in the foundational sources of Islam: the Quran and the sunna of the Prophet Muhammad. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the motif of angel(s) may have been borrowed from two monotheistic traditions that came before. The verification of the thesis that the motif of the angel(s) of death underwent diffusion was carried out in several steps. First, the motif was identified in the textual traditions of Judaism and early Christianity (i.e. sets of texts that were known and, in all likelihood, widespread in the Middle East during the formative period of Islam). As a result of the analysis, most of the themes recognised in the foundational texts of Islam were found. The next step was to identify possible routes of their transmission and percolation into the Islamic tradition and to determine the “ideological demand” for the motif of the angel(s) of death in the burgeoning Islam. Although Jewish and Christian imagery and beliefs about angels are an important (if not the primary) source of influence on Muslim angelology, there was most likely a two-way interaction between the monotheistic traditions, albeit to a limited extent.https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vv/article/view/12704angelsdeathcultural diffusionHebrew Bibleintertestamental literatureTalmud |
| spellingShingle | Bożena Prochwicz-Studnicka Andrzej Mrozek The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion Verbum Vitae angels death cultural diffusion Hebrew Bible intertestamental literature Talmud |
| title | The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion |
| title_full | The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion |
| title_fullStr | The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion |
| title_short | The Motif of the Angel(s) of Death in Islamic Foundational Sources as an Element of Cultural Diffusion |
| title_sort | motif of the angel s of death in islamic foundational sources as an element of cultural diffusion |
| topic | angels death cultural diffusion Hebrew Bible intertestamental literature Talmud |
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