The Early Development of Mohammedanism

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.

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¿ the Koran as the basis of Islam
¿ the Koran as legal code
¿ the status cults in the Islamic faith
¿ the development of Islamic ethics
¿ asceticism and pantheism in Islam
¿ Islamic philosophy
¿ and more...
Author David S. Margoliouth (1858-1940), a professor of Arabic at Oxford University, worked from primary Arabic texts and omitted "all anecdotes that are obviously or most probably fabulous," resulting in a clear-headed history of a highly contentious moment in time.