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The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria
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This book presents a study of the cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria and the Near East. Through case studies of saints and their devotees, discussion of the architecture of monuments, examination of devotional objects, and analysis of ideas of ‘holiness’, the book depicts the practices of living religion and explores the common heritage of all three monotheistic faiths. Critical readings of a wide range of contemporary sources — travel writing, geographical works, pilgrimage guides, legal writings, historical sources, hagiography, and biography — reveal a vibrant religious culture in which the veneration of saints and pilgrimage to tombs and shrines were fundamental.
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“The icons begin to appear in the early to mid-seventeenth century and initially depicted the city of Jerusalem and its Christian holy sites, basing themselves on the images circulating in contemporary Greek pilgrimage guides, yet also echoing the schematic diagrams of the Ka ʿ ba tiles.”
From In an Ottoman Holy Land: The Hajj and the Road from Damascus, 1500–1800 (2020) · cites this paper as [107]
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- Authors
- Meri, J. W.
- Corresponding author
- Meri, Josef W.
- ORCID
- Meri, Josef W.
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2002-11-14
- OpenAlex
- W575698175
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.60
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medieval History and Crusades
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Keywords
- cult of saints, hagiography, medieval Syria, Muslims, Jews, interreligious relations, pilgrimage, shrines, tombs, devotional objects, holiness, living religion, religious architecture, medieval Middle East
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