Cambridge, Etc.: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. Date: 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 ...

Cambridge, Etc. Cambridge University Press 1977 First Paperback Edition Softcover Good with no dust jacket 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 t ...

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980. 1. Softcover. Good. Good; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a few light scratches and minor edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; Name to the first endpaper and scattered underlining to about 35 pages; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 0.7 lbs; Dark green covers with title in black lettering; 1980, Cambridge University Press; 277 pages; "Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World," by Patricia Crone & Michael Cook. 1980. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521297540 9780521297547 [US]

Cambridge University Press 1980 Softcover Good++; Softcover; The covers are clean and glossy, the only flaw being moderate bubbling/separation of the exterior cover laminate over the spine area of the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; Name on the front endpaper, otherwise endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is good with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.7 lbs; Dark green covers with title in black lettering; 1980, Cambridge University Press; 277 pages; "Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World, " by Patricia Crone & Michael Cook.

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