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An edition of The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam (1999)

The idea of idolatry and the emergence of Islam

from polemic to history

by

  • 1 Want to read

"In this book G. R. Hawting supports the view that the emergence of Islam owed more to debates and disputes among monotheists than to arguments with idolaters and polytheists.

Adopting a comparative religious perspective, the author considers why modern scholarship generally has been willing to accept the traditional image of the Koranic 'associators', he discusses the way in which the idea to idolatry has been used in Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and he questions the historical value of the traditional accounts of pre-Islamic Arab religion.

The implications of these arguments for the way we think about the origins and nature of Islam should make this work engaging and stimulating for both students and scholars."--BOOK JACKET.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
168

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Subjects

Arab Civilization, Civilization, Arab, Idolatry, Islam, Origin

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The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
November 2, 2006, Cambridge University Press
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1999, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-162) and index.

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Cambridge, UK, New York, NY, USA
Series
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
297/.09/021
Library of Congress
BP55 .H39 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 168 p. ;
Number of pages
168

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Open Library
OL31038M
Internet Archive
ideaidolatryemer00hawt_962
ISBN 10
0521651654
LCCN
99011039
OCLC/WorldCat
499212312
Library Thing
4364247
Goodreads
3415317

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"Along with the idea that Mecca was at the centre of a major international trade route, the religious situation of the Hijazi Arabs around the beginning of the seventh century AD has frequently been used to help account for the emergence of Islam (identified with the activity of Muhammad)."

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