Early Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Islam write by Karl-Heinz Ohlig. This book was released on 2013. Early Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Muhammad and the Believers
Muhammad and the Believers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Muhammad and the Believers write by Fred M. Donner. This book was released on 2012-05-07. Muhammad and the Believers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at the history of Islam, arguing that its origins began with the "Believers" movement that emphasized strict monotheism and righteous behavior that included both Christians and Jews in its early years.
The Origins of the Koran
The Origins of the Koran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Origins of the Koran write by Ibn Warraq. This book was released on 2010-10-05. The Origins of the Koran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scholars of Islam are familiar with the Koran's many errors and contradictions, but these have rarely been revealed to a wider public. THE ORIGINS OF THE KORAN is an attempt to remedy this deficiency by bringing together classic critical essays which raise key issues surrounding Islam's holy book. Indispensable to scholars and all those interested in the textual underpinning of one of the fastest growing religions in the world.
The Literature of Islam
The Literature of Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Literature of Islam write by Paula Youngman Skreslet. This book was released on 2006. The Literature of Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reference librarian and archivist Paula (Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Virginia) and Rebecca, a scholar of Arabic studies, present a critically annotated bibliography of central works on Islam that are available in English translation. They write for readers who are acquainted with the basic ideas, histo.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopaedia Britannica write by Hugh Chisholm. This book was released on 1910. Encyclopaedia Britannica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
