1st Edition

The Origin of Islam in Its Christian Environment

By Richard Bell Copyright 1968
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

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.

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;

Biography

Richard Bell