Description
This sweeping work explores the origins and early development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam against the turbulent backdrop of the ancient Near East. Tracing the collapse of empires, the rise of Arab power, and the religious debates that shaped the seventh century, it offers a provocative reinterpretation of how Islam emerged and established itself. Drawing on historical, literary, and archaeological evidence, the book examines the relationship between faith, politics, cultural exchange, and power while questioning traditional accounts of Islam’s beginnings. Ambitious, vivid, and revisionist in approach, it invites readers to reconsider the formative forces behind the Abrahamic religions.
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paperback
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2012
590 pages
ISBN: 9780385531368
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland.