The Arabs and Islam in late antiquity : a critique of approaches to Arabic sources /
This work provides a critique of Arabic textual sources for the history of the Arabs in late antique times, during the centuries immediately preceding Muhammad and up to and including the Umayyad period. Aziz Al-Azmeh considers the value and relevance of a range of literary sources, including oralit...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Germany :
Gerlach Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Theories and paradigms of Islamic studies.
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| Summary: | This work provides a critique of Arabic textual sources for the history of the Arabs in late antique times, during the centuries immediately preceding Muhammad and up to and including the Umayyad period. Aziz Al-Azmeh considers the value and relevance of a range of literary sources, including orality and literacy, ancient Arabic poetry, the corpus of Arab heroic lore (ayyam), the early narrative, and the Qur'an, for the reconstruction of the social, political, cultural and religious history of the Arabs. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 155 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-147) and index. |
| ISBN: | 3940924423 9783940924421 (hardcover volume) 9783940924438 (eBook) 3940924431 (eBook) |