Early Islam: A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary

Early Islam: A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources
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This successor volume toÂ The Hidden Origins of IslamÂ (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:

Â Â Â â€¢Â Islam originally emerged as a sect of Christianity.
Â Â Â â€¢Â Its central theological tenets were influenced by a pre-Nicean, Syrian Christianity.
Â Â â€¢Â 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.
Â Â Â â€¢Â 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.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Prometheus
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
ReleaseDate 2013-11-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616148256

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Prometheus
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
ReleaseDate	2013-11-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616148256

Early Islam: A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources

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