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. Discover... - 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.