This successor volume to The Hidden Origins of Islam (edited by Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R. Puin) continues the pioneering research begun in the first volume into the earliest development of Islam. Using coins, commemorative building inscriptions, and a rigorous linguistic analysis of the Koran along with Persian and Christian literature from the seventh and eighth centuries--when Islam was in its formative stages--five expert contributors attempt a reconstruction of this critical time period. Despite the scholarly nature of their work, the implications of their discoveries are startling- Islam originally emerged as a sect of Christianity. Its central theological tenets were influenced by a pre-Nicean, Syrian Christianity. ramaic, the common language throughout the Near East for many centuries and the language of Syrian Christianity, significantly influenced the Arabic script and vocabulary used in the Koran. Finally, it was not until the end of the eighth and ninth centuries that Islam formed as a separate religion, and the Koran underwent a period of historical development of at least 200 years. ontroversial and highly in
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Prometheus Books
ISBN-13
9781616148256
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190092593
Product Key Features
Book Title
Early Islam: a Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources
Author
Karl-Heinz Ohlig
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Theology, Islam, Religious History
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
647 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
227mm
Item Width
164mm
Item Weight
1052g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Social Organisations
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Karl-Heinz Ohlig
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