Bronislav Ostřanský

List of John Benjamins publications in which Bronislav Ostřanský is involved.

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Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today

Guest-edited by Bronislav Ostřanský and Miroslav Melčák

Special issue of Archív Orientální 83:3 (2015) iv, 228 pp.

Articles (7) | Order by:

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2015 The Sufi Journey to the Next World: The Sepulchral Symbolism of Muslim Mystics, Its Context and Interpretations Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today, Ostřanský, Bronislav and Miroslav Melčák (eds.), pp. 475–500 | Article

Since the very birth of Islam, the Last Things have become a subject of passionate dispute among Muslims. In addition to the “external” approaches of Islamic jurists and theologians with regard to death, funerals, the Hereafter, etc., Sufis have incorporated sepulchral images into their symbolic… read more

Ostřanský, Bronislav and Miroslav Melčák 2015 Introduction to the Special Issue on Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today Death, Graves and the Hereafter in Islam: Muslim Perceptions of the Last Things During the Middle Ages and Today, Ostřanský, Bronislav and Miroslav Melčák (eds.), pp. 381–384 | Article

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2013 The Lesser Signs of the Hour. A Reconstruction of the Islamic Apocalyptic Overture Archív Orientální 81:2, pp. 235–284 | Article

The article examines traditional medieval Islamic visions of the End and their modern interpretations. The focus, however, is an analysis of the contemporary Islamic eschatological imagination, as was impressively depicted in the reconstruction of the Lesser Signs of the Hour. In Arabic, the… read more

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2009 Josef W. Meri (ed.), Medieval Islamic Civilization. An Encyclopedia. Archív Orientální 76:4, pp. 545–548 | Review

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2007 Samer Akkach, Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam. An Architectural Reading of Mystical Ideas. Archív Orientální 75:2, pp. 252–253 | Review

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2005 Abū’l-Ḥasan ^cAlī b. Muḥammad al-Daylamī, A Treatise on Mystical Love Archív Orientální 73:4, pp. 515–516 | Review

Ostřanský, Bronislav 2005 The Art of Medieval Arab Oneirology Archív Orientální 73:4, pp. 406–427 | Article

This essay deals with fundamental features of Arab oneirology that formed medieval Muslim attitudes towards dreams and their interpretation. Since the rise of Islam, Muslims kept voluminous records of the famous dreams of important historical ﬁgures, the dreams‘ hidden meanings, and methods of… read more