Hagarism. the Making of the Islamic World de Crone, Patricia; Cook, Michael - 1977

Cambridge, Etc.: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0521297540 . KB6...ix, 268 pp. Notes, bibliography, indices. Octavo. Bright green glossy softcovers with white text in English and black text in Arabic. Covers have a bit of corner curl, normal wear. Half title has some old notes in pencil and ink, paper is toned, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Hard to find this controversial work. "This is a controversial study of the origins of Islamic civilisation, first published in 1977. By examining non-Muslim sources, the authors point out the intimate link between the Jewish religion and the earliest forms of Islam. As a serious, scholarly attempt to open up a new, exploratory path of Islamic history, the book has already engendered much debate." Jack Tannous of Princeton said of it: "Apart from Internet enthusiasts and religiously-motivated polemicists, nobody today, not even Cook and Crone themselves, believes that the picture of early Islam put forth in Hagarism is an accurate one. But the legacy of Hagarism has endured, for in one thin little volume, Cook and Crone put their fingers on a nagging problem in an electric way. ... As a book making a specific argument, Hagarism was ultimately a failure, but in its stimulus of further research, writing, debate, and especially by challenging Islamicists to look beyond the confines of Arabic sources to the rich literatures of the Middle East that existed before, during, and after the rise of Islam, Hagarism was one of those rare books that changed a field. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages .