The Origin of Islam in Its Christian Environment

by Richard Bell

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714619774
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/03/1968
Series:	Gunning Lectures Series , #10
Edition description:	1st ed., new impression
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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;