The Hidden Origins of Islam [Audiobook] download free by Karl Heinz Ohlig
- Listen audiobook: The Hidden Origins of Islam
- Author: Karl Heinz Ohlig
- Release date: 2010/4/11
- Publisher: PROMETHEUS BOOKS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9781591026341
- Rating: 9.71 of 10
- Votes: 344
- Review by: Jamir Fulton
- Review rating: 7.09 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/30
- Duration: 5H8M in 256 kbps (81 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-04
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, MPEG-4 ALS, WAV, MPEG4, FLAC, WMA, MPC, MP3 (compression GZ, TBZ2, TZ, LZO, IMG, RAR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 405
- Includes a PDF summary of 38 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 27M45S (7.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Despite Muhammad's exalted place in Islam, even today there is still surpisingly little actually known about this shadowy figure and the origins of the Qur'an because of an astounding lack of verifiable biographical material. Furthermore, most of the existing biographical traditions that can be used to substantiate the life of Muhammad date to nearly two centuries after his death, a time when a powerful, expansive, and idealized empire had become synonymous with his name and vision - thus resulting in an exaggerated and often artificial characterization of the prophetic figure coupled with many questionable interpretations of the holy book of Islam. On the basis of datable and localizable artifacts from the seventh and eighth centuries of the Christian era, many of the historical developments, misconceptions, and fallacies of Islam can now be seen in a different light. Excavated coins that predate Islam and the old inscription in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem utilize symbols used in a documented Syrian Arabic theology - a theology with Christian roots. Interpreting traditional contexts of historical evidence and rereading passages of the Qur'an, the researchers in this thought-provoking volume unveil a surprising - and highly unconventional - picture of the very foundations of Islamic religious history.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Islamic Theology, Islamic Worship, Rites & Ceremonies, Islamic Story & History Books, Literary Studies: General, History Of Religion
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 36.19 USD
- Dimensions: 153x235x28mm
- Weight: 670g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Amherst, United States
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