The Origin of Islam in Its Christian Environment

First Published in 1968. This volume is a collection of the Gunning Lectures made at Divinity Hall, Edinburgh University in 1925. The aim of the lectures has been to present the origin of Islam against a background of surrounding Christainity.

Autorentext

Richard Bell

Inhalt
Chapter 1 The Eastern Church and the Christian Environment of Arabia; Chapter 2 Christianity in South Arabia and its Influence Upon the Arabs in General; Chapter 3 The Beginnings of Muhammad's Religious Activity; Chapter 4 The Moulding of the Prophet; Chapter 5 The Attitude of the Prophet Towards Christianity; Chapter 6 The Christian Populations at the Arab Conquest; Chapter 7 Christian Influences in Early Islam;