By Irving M. Zeitlin
ISBN-10: 0745639984
ISBN-13: 9780745639987
ISBN-10: 0745639992
ISBN-13: 9780745639994
It is clear that the 2 past monotheisms, Judaism and Christianity, constituted an influential presence within the Hijaz, the sector comprising Mecca and Medina. certainly, Jewish groups have been salient right here, in particular in Medina and different not-too-distant oases. furthermore, as well as the presence of Jews and Christians, there existed a 3rd classification of people, the Hanifs, who, disenchanted with their polytheistic ideals, had built monotheistic ideas.
Zeitlin assesses the level to which those a variety of affects formed the emergence of Islam and the improvement of the Prophets ideals. He additionally seeks to appreciate how the method set in movement through Muhammad led, no longer lengthy after his demise, to the institution of an international empire.
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