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Hagarism : The Making of the Islamic World by Patricia Crone and Michael Cook (1977, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521211336
ISBN-139780521211338
eBay Product ID (ePID)1346151
Product Key Features
Number of Pages268 Pages
Publication NameHagarism : the Making of the Islamic World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIslam / History, Middle East / General
Publication Year1977
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorPatricia Crone, Michael Cook
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN75-041714
Dewey Edition18
Reviews'The authors' erudition is quite extraordinary, their industry everywhere evident, their prose ebullient.'Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 'The authors' erudition is quite extraordinary, their industry everywhere evident, their prose ebullient.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 'Here, then, is a work of brilliance and deep intellectual penetration … without doubt it constitutes a landmark in the history of scholarship.' The Times Higher Education Supplement, 'Here, then, is a work of brilliance and deep intellectual penetration ... without doubt it constitutes a landmark in the history of scholarship.' The Times Higher Education Supplement, 'Here, then, is a work of brilliance and deep intellectual penetration … without doubt it constitutes a landmark in the history of scholarship.'The Times Higher Education Supplement
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal297/.09
Table Of ContentPreface; Part I. Whence Islam?: 1. Judeo-Hagarism; 2. Hagarism without Judaism; 3. The prophet like Moses; 4. The Samaritan calques; 5. Babylonia; Appendix 1: the Kenite, reason and custom; Part II. Whither Antiquity: 6. The imperial civilisations; 7. The Near-Eastern provinces; 8. The preconditions for the formation of Islamic civilisation; 9. The fate of antiquity I: the Hagarisation of the Fertile Crescent; 10. The fate of antiquity II: the cultural expropriation of the Fertile Crescent; 11. The fate of antiquity III: the intransigence of Islamic culture; 12. The fate of Hagrism; 13. Sadducee Islam; 14. The austerity of Islamic history; Appendix 2: Les Fufia Caninia and the Muslim law of bequests; Notes to the text; Bibliography; Indices.
SynopsisThis is a controversial study of the origins of Islamic civilisation that examines non-Muslim sources that point out an intimate link between the Jewish religion and the earliest forms of Islam. This book is for teachers and students of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies., This 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.
LC Classification NumberBP55 .C76
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