Early Islam (A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources)
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Product Details
Author:
Karl-Heinz Ohlig
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
647
Publisher:
Globe Pequot Publishing (November 19, 2013)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781616148256
ISBN-10:
161614825X
File:
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$45.95
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Audience:
General/trade
Dimensions:
6.46" x 8.95" x 0.85"
Case Pack:
10
Weight:
36.69oz
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
Prometheus
Folder:
Eloquence
Overview
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.
• Aramaic, 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.
Controversial and highly intriguing, this critical historical analysis reveals the beginning of Islam in a completely new light.
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.
• Aramaic, 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.
Controversial and highly intriguing, this critical historical analysis reveals the beginning of Islam in a completely new light.
