[PDF.79rs] Envisioning Islam: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)

Envisioning Islam: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)

[PDF.wj62] Envisioning Islam: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)

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 | #877185 in Books |  2015-06-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.81 x5.98l, | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A good historical study of documents that were not know to ...|By Geeorge Bebawi|A good historical study of documents that were not know to many people

A good book indeed, where many documents were translated and offered to those who did not learn Syriac.| ||"Penn's book is a mighty achievement. In Envisioning Islam, scholars at last have a one-stop survey of some of the richest but most poorly understood Syriac sources for the early Islamic period, paired with clear-headed analysis and sober conclusions.

The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive descriptions extant of early Islam. Seldom translated and often omitted from modern historical reconstructions, this vast body of texts reveals a complicated and evolving range...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Envisioning Islam: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)   |  Michael Philip Penn. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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