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Aug 2022
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Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia

FILIP HOLM
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Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • al-Jallad, Ahmad (forthcoming) "The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic Inscriptions". Pre-Print Darft (Version 2: April 3, 2021).
  • al-Jallad, Ahmad (2019). "The 'One' God in a Safaitic Inscription". Draft. The Ohio State University.
  • al-Jallad, Ahmad (2020). "The pre-Islamic basmala: reflections on its first epigraphic attestation and its original significance". Draft. The Ohio State University.
  • Bowersock, G.W. (2017) "The Crucible of Islam". Harvard University Press.
  • Hoyland, Robert G. (2001). "Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam". Routledge.


Also check out these two great resources for ancient Arabic inscriptions:

  • DASI: http://dasi.cnr.it/
  • Ociana: http://krcfm.orient.ox.ac.uk/fmi/webd/OCIANA



#Arabia #Religion #Paganism

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