Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

by Daniel C. Peterson

Overview

If Marxist theory has made any useful contribution at all -- that contribution would have to be inconceivably enormous in order to outweigh the crimes that have been committed in its name -- it has been to sensitize historians to the significance of the material and economic foundations underpinning culture, kings, and civilizations. In the case of early Christianity, too, as in the case of its modern restoration, available means of transport and communication have been fundamental to both success and failure. And, today, The Interpreter Foundation is able to carry out its work in a way that simply would not have been possible or even thinkable just a few years ago.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016671840
Publisher:	The Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	05/10/2013
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	7
File size:	114 KB

About the Author

Daniel C. Peterson (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles) is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University and is the founder and editor-in-chief of the University�s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Mormon subjects. Formerly chairman of the board of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and an officer, editor, and author for its successor organization, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, his professional work as an Arabist focuses on the Qur�an and on Islamic philosophical theology. He is the author, among other things, of a biography entitled Muhammad: Prophet of God (Eerdmans, 2007).