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The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History

The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History

Hawting, Gerald Richard
Hawting, G. R.
Morgan, David

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryIslamGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0521028469
ISBN13: 9780521028462
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 2 2006
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding regions. In this study of pre-Islamic Arabian religion, G. R. Hawting adopts a comparative religious perspective to suggest an alternative view. By examining the various bodies of evidence which survive from this period, the Koran and the vast resources of the Islamic tradition, the author argues that in fact Islam arose out of conflict with other monotheists whose beliefs and practices were judged to fall short of true monotheism and were, in consequence, attacked polemically as idolatry. The author is adept at unravelling the complexities of the source material, and students and scholars will find his argument both engaging and persuasive.

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