TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - When Christians first met Muslims : a sourcebook of the earliest Syriac writings on Islam A1 - Penn, Michael Philip, kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Oakland, California PB - University of California Press YR - 2015 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2867714 AB - "The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living in what constitutes modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and eastern Turkey, these Syriac Christians were under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present, wrote the earliest and most extensive accounts of Islam, and described a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonistic. Through its critical introductions and new translations of this material, When Christians First Met Muslims allows scholars, students, and the general public to explore the earliest interactions of what eventually became the world's two largest religions"--Provided by publisher. SN - 0-520-28493-3 sidottu SN - 0-520-28494-1 nidottu SN - 978-0-520-28493-7 sidottu SN - 978-0-520-28494-4 nidottu KW - Christianity and other religions : Islam : History : To 1500 : Sources. KW - Islam : Early works to 1800. KW - Islam : Relations : Christianity : History : To 1500 : Sources. KW - Syriac Christians : History : To 1500 : Sources. KW - islam KW - kertomukset KW - kristinusko KW - muslimit KW - Syyria ER -