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When Christians first met Muslims : a sourcebook of the earliest Syriac writings on Islam

By Michael Philip Penn

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780520284937 0520284933 9780520284944 0520284941
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1875618 bytes)
Pages
254\275
Topic
History
Time added
2017-01-05 21:57:29

Description

"The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living in what constitutes modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and eastern Turkey, these Syriac Christians were under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present, wrote the earliest and most extensive accounts of Islam, and described a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonistic. Through its critical introductions and new translations of this material, When Christians First Met Muslims allows scholars, students, and the general public to explore the earliest interactions of what eventually became the world's two largest religions"--Provided by publisher.  Read more...

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