[PDF.97iw] The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads

The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads

[PDF.gk18] The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads

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 | #1804152 in Books |  2014-05-18 |  2014-05-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x1.59 x6.14l,.0 | File type: PDF | 704 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Marvellously Dense|By AReilly|This is a work of high scholarship by a master at textual analysis, with an extremely controversial thesis: that the term "Arab" originally refered to a socio-religious sect. This sect, Retso argues, had all but died out in the North of Arabia by the time of the rise of Islam, but lingered on in South Arabia, and the concept was to some degree ress| |'Hugely learned' - Times Literary Supplement||'This book is an invaluable tool and will, I am sure, find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the Antique and Early Islamic Middle East' - Bulletin of th

The history of the Arabs in antiquity from their earliest appearance around 853 BC until the first century of Islam, is described in this book. It traces the mention of people called Arabs in all relevant ancient sources and suggests a new interpretation of their history. It is suggested that the ancient Arabs were more a religious community than an ethnic group, which would explain why the designation 'Arab' could be easily adopted by the early Muslim tribes. The Arabs ...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads   |  Jan Retso. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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