Description: Further DetailsTitle: Envisioning IslamCondition: NewSubtitle: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim WorldISBN-10: 0812247221EAN: 9780812247220ISBN: 9780812247220Publisher: University of Pennsylvania PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/22/2015Description: The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive descriptions extant of early Islam. Seldom translated and often omitted from modern historical reconstructions, this vast body of texts reveals a complicated and evolving range of religious and cultural exchanges that took place from the seventh to the ninth century.The first book-length analysis of these earliest encounters, Envisioning Islam highlights the ways these neglected texts challenge the modern scholarly narrative of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practice. Examining Syriac sources including letters, theological tracts, scientific treatises, and histories, Michael Philip Penn reveals a culture of substantial interreligious interaction in which the categorical boundaries between Christianity and Islam were more ambiguous than distinct. The diversity of ancient Syriac images of Islam, he demonstrates, revolutionizes our understanding of the early Islamic world and challenges widespread cultural assumptions about the history of exclusively hostile Christian-Muslim relations.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Michael Philip PennGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient ReligionRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Envisioning Islam
Title: Envisioning Islam
Subtitle: Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World
ISBN-10: 0812247221
EAN: 9780812247220
ISBN: 9780812247220
Release Date: 07/22/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Envisioning Islam : Syriac Christians and the Early Muslim World
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Islam / History, Christian Church / History, Islam / General, Christianity / General
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 22.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Religion
Author: Michael Philip Penn
Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
