Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic WorldThis is a controversial study of the origins of Islamic civilisation, first published in 1977. By examining non-Muslim sources, the authors point out the intimate link between the Jewish religion and the earliest forms of Islam. As a serious, scholarly attempt to open up a new, exploratory path of Islamic history, the book has already engendered much debate. This paperback edition will make the authors' conclusions widely accessible to teachers and students of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. |
Contents
The imperial civilisations | 41 |
The NearEastern provinces | 47 |
The preconditions for the formation of Islamic civilisation | 73 |
I The Hagarisation of the Fertile | 83 |
II The cultural expropriation of | 92 |
III The intransigence of Islamic | 107 |
The fate of Hagarism I 20 | 120 |
Sadducee Islam | 130 |
The austerity of Islamic history | 139 |
bequests | 149 |
| 237 | |
| 259 | |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham accept adopted already appears Arab Assyrian attempt authority barbarian become Cambridge century character Christian chronicle church civilisation Compare concepts conquered conquerors conquest contrast conversion Coptic course culture doctrine early East Egypt Egyptian elite empire equally ethnic example fact faith given Greek Hagarenes Hagarism hand Hellenism heritage ibid identity imamate Iran Iranian Iraq Islam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judaic Judaism king Koran land late later less London manner masses meaning meant messianic Middle Moses Muḥammad Muslim native Nestorian Note original Oxford pagan Paris past period Persian philosophy political position practice present priests Prophet provincial rabbis reason reference rejection religion religious remained restoration role Roman Saints Samaritan sanctuary scriptural sense sources status Studies suggested Syrian tion tradition truth universe unlike Zoroastrian