The hidden origins of Islam : new research into its early history / edited by Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R. Puin
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010. Third Edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Item #445465
ISBN: 9781591026341
Physical description; 405 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Pt. 1 The early history of islam. -- The early history of Islam, following inscriptional and numismatic testimony / Volker Popp -- A new interpretation of the Arabic inscription in Jerusalem's Dome of the Rrock / Christoph Luxenberg -- On the origin of the informants of the Prophet / Claude Gilliot -- Abd al-Malik v. Marwan and the process of the Qur'an's composition / Alfred-Louis de Pre?mare -- Pt. 2 --New aspects for the emergence and characteristic of Islam . -- A personal look at some aspects of the history of Koranic criticism in 19th and 20th centuries / Ibn Warraq -- Pre-Islamic Arabic-Koranic Arabic-classical Arabic: a continuum? / Pierre Larcher -- From Syriac to Pahlavi: the contribution of the Sassanian Iraq to the beginning of the Arabic writing / Sergio Noja Noseda -- Early evidences of variant readings in Qur?a?nic manuscripts / Alba Fedeli -- Leuke kome / Laykah, the "Arsians" / Gerd-R. Puin -- Raisons d'espe?rer / Mondher Sfar -- Syriac and Arabic Christianity and the Qur?a?n -- Karl-Heinz Ohlig. Subjects; Islam History. Islam Origin.
Price: €48.95