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Sons of Ishmael
John Victor Tolan
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
John Tolan is one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of early Christian/Muslim interactions. These eleven essays explore, in greater depth than his previous books, a wide variety of topics.
The Bible and Qur'an agree that Arabs were the descendants of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael is described in Genesis as ""a wild man; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him."" To many medieval Christians, this was a prophecy of the violence and enmity between Ishmael's progeny and the Christians--spiritual descendants of his half-brother Isaac.
Yet Tolan also ... Read more
John Tolan is one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of early Christian/Muslim interactions. These eleven essays explore, in greater depth than his previous books, a wide variety of topics.
The Bible and Qur'an agree that Arabs were the descendants of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael is described in Genesis as ""a wild man; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him."" To many medieval Christians, this was a prophecy of the violence and enmity between Ishmael's progeny and the Christians--spiritual descendants of his half-brother Isaac.
Yet Tolan also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813044675
SKU
V9780813044675
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About John Victor Tolan
John V. Tolan is professor of history at the University of Nantes, France.
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