Not a religious text designed to either celebrate or denigrate Islam, this classic biography looks at Mohammed as a towering figure of culture and politics, a man who achieved the extraordinary: uniting disparate Arab tribes into more cohesive whole. Author DAVID S. MARGOLIOUTH (1858-1940), a professor of Arabic at Oxford University, worked from ...
An eyewitness account of the Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire from 66-70 AD provides an essential background for an understanding of the beginnings of both Christianity and modern Judaism.
Adapted from a series of lectures delivered at the University of London in 1913, this is a strikingly clearheaded and articulate discussion of one of the great faiths of the world from a historical and sociological perspective. Discover. . the Koran as the basis of Islam . the Koran as legal code . the status cults in the Islamic faith . the ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Binding: Wraps, saddle stitched
Publisher: Oxford
Date Published: 1890
Description: Book: Fair. 8vo. 24 pp. 8 x 9. Printed brown wraps, bound in a library binding, but the interior pages have come unstitched, and are completely loose. Ex univ lib with typical markings. read more
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Tidy copy of the introduction to the religion, the 13th volume in the Home University Library series, undated but almost certainly 1911. Inlaid is the original publisher's flyer advertising the first 32 books in the series. This book was published in June 1911. Two owner's inscriptions otherwise a clean solid copy. read more
Edition: The Temple Bible Series
Binding: Leather
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Date Published: 1902
Description: Good. No Jacket. Very Good-No Jacket 154pp. Green Leather Covers, Rubbed and chipped esp. at spine, Gilt design on Front Cover. Gilt Lettering to Spine. Hinges Cracked. Prev. Owners name on Title Page, Otherwise Internally Clean. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 1lbs. read more
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