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The history of the Arabs in antiquity from their earliest appearance around 853 BC until the first century of Islam, is described in this book. It traces the mention of people called Arabs in all relevant ancient sources and suggests a new interpretation of their history. It is suggested that the ancient Arabs were more a religious community than an ethnic group, which would explain why the designation 'Arab' could be easily adopted by the early Muslim tribes. The Arabs of antiquity thus resemble the early Islamic Arabs more than is usually assumed, both being united by common bonds of religious ideology and law.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0415760038
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0415760034
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publication date
    May 19, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6.14 x 1.59 x 9.21 inches
  7. Print length
    704 pages
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'Hugely learned' - Times Literary Supplement

'This book is an invaluable tool and will, I am sure, find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the Antique and Early Islamic Middle East' - Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies



'hugely learned' - Times Literary Supplement

'this book is an invaluable tool and will, I am sure, find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the Antique and Early Islamic Middle East' - Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies

About the Author

Jan Retso was born in Norway but has been living in Sweden for more than 40 years. He got his Ph.D form Goteborg University in 1983 and was appointed full Professor of Arabic there in 1986. His main field of work is Arabic and Semitic linguistics, especially comparative and diachronic studies where he has published two monographs and a series of articles. He has also published several articles on the history of Pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient east.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (May 19, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415760038
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415760034
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 1.59 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8

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AReilly
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellously Dense
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This is a work of high scholarship by a master at textual analysis, with an extremely controversial thesis: that the term "Arab" originally refered to a socio-religious sect. This sect, Retso argues, had all but died out in the North of Arabia by the time of the rise of Islam, but lingered on in South Arabia, and the concept was to some degree ressurected during the rise of Islam. It was only during the later Ummayyed Dynasty that the term became applied to all speakers of the arabic language.

This is not a fun read, but the effort will be enormously rewarding for a scholar with at least some background knowledge in the field.
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Author did his studies in israel, and it shows.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fondamentale
Reviewed in Italy on August 9, 2014
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Fondamentale opera sugli Arabi; dedicata però a specialisti e molto cara. ha il vantaggio di essere l'unica aparlare dell'Arabia pre-islamica.
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