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Record ID marc_records_scriblio_net/part15.dat:122064863:1642
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LEADER: 01642cam 22002898a 4500
001 2005017331
003 DLC
005 20050917153244.0
008 050615s2006 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005017331
020 $a0226888037 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226888045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBP186.97$b.W48 2006
082 00 $a297.3$222
100 1 $aWheeler, Brannon M.,$d1965-
245 10 $aMecca and Eden :$britual, relics, and territory in Islam /$cBrannon Wheeler.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2006.
263 $a0603
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aRitual and social order -- Ritual, relics, and the Meccansanctuary -- Chapter outline -- Treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Temple implements and treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Swords and the origins of Islam -- Conclusions: swords and the origins of civilization -- Utopia and civilization in Islamic rituals -- Touching the penis -- Adam and Eve's genitals -- Conclusions: taboo and contagion -- Relics of the prophet Muhammad -- Relics of the prophet Muhammad -- Relics and civilization -- Conclusions: relics and portable territory -- Tombs of giant prophets -- Long tombs -- Giants -- Conclusions: technology and human size -- Conclusions: the pure, the sacred, and civilization -- Status and power -- Symbol and agency -- General conclusions.
650 0 $aReliquaries, Islamic.
650 0 $aIslam$xRituals.
650 0 $aCivilization, Islamic.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017331.html