- Paperback: 194 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (28 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486411362
- ISBN-13: 978-0486411361
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Originally published in 1936.
This volume discusses the Islamic faith in the perspective of the ancient Arabian monotheism and its similarities with Christianity and Judaism. The similarities not only in dogma, but also in the ritual of Nestorian Christianity are discussed as well as an interpretation of Mohammed’s religious personality.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Format:Paperback
I have read many biographies on Prophet Mohammed and was looking forward to reading this, based on its one five star review. However, I found the book to be less about Mohammed and his faith and more about the author's views on piety and comparative monotheistic religions. The author jumps from one assertion to another, mainly to do with, what he sees as Mohammed's plagarism. He grudgingly admits that Mohammed did produce something new to the world, but tempers this with his own belief that Mohammed somehow made it all up based on a sketchy knowledge of Judaism and Christianity. I can see that devout believers will be more than a little offended by this book. If you want a more measured biography try Barnaby Rogerson or the excellent Martin Ling.
Format:Paperback
This gives as much a neutral look at the man Mohammed and his faith as could be hoped for.
Written at the turn of the last century it gives no arguments for or against just an observers conclusion based on the facts. Far from being an in-depth biography but a refreshing read non the less. Would strongly recommend.
Written at the turn of the last century it gives no arguments for or against just an observers conclusion based on the facts. Far from being an in-depth biography but a refreshing read non the less. Would strongly recommend.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Mohammed Unveiled.
19 Dec 2005
Format:Paperback
At last, a book that lovingly describes the life of Mohammed and his great contribution to mankind. Just excellent!
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful
fundamental nonografía
25 July 2002
Format:Hardcover
Dentro de la literatura existente respecto de Mahoma, la monografía de Tor Andrae es fundamental, pues es, junto con la de Dermenghem, particularmente interesante para estudiar la religiosidad inherente a la evocación del Profeta por los musulmanes. Un libro que permite el acercamiento del lector a la vida y obra del profeta del islamismo.
6 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Let's not get bewitched by our language.
28 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
This book is a typical Orientalist account of the Life the Messenger and the Revealed Message of the God. Orientalists still cannot comprehend that without the previously revealed Messages of the God we wouldn't understand the Quran at all. As long as they cannot see the Quran in the context of other revealed strciptures and base their accounts on the assumption that the Quran is composed by Muhammed (pinching ideas from Christians and Jews jumbling them with some of his own as the time goes by according to the needs of his society and his sexual desires), I don't think they can understand the importance of this message. therefore their efforts amounts to naught and waste of time.
After this prelude I am not going to criticize every single paragraph of Tor Andrae but I will criticize his account of the concept "will" in the Quran, because;
L.Wittgenstein said: "If you understand the workings of will in a
language, then you understand the language."
Tor quotes three verses from the Quran where the word "will" is used and on one of them he replaces this word with "pleased" to prepare it for his coming criticism, here it is:
"Had we pleased, we had certainly given to every soul his guidance." (32,13)
However the true wording of the sentence is:
"Had we willed, we had certainly given to every soul his guidance."
Then Tor jumps from this to a capricious God reflected on the character of Muhammed;-)
Also with his quotation "...No soul shall believe but by the permission of Allah..." he confuses the will of Allah to work out a contradiction with his predestination concept. If some issue is left to permission then how can one reduce it to predestination?
Before attempting to look for contradictions in the revealed words of the God one should have good grip of those concepts how they are employed in the Quran - namely concept `will" and "permission".
Those words are employed within hundreds of verses in the Quran to give us a solid understanding of their use.
Tor wrote this book in late 1920s, today we know more philosophy not to confuse concepts like "will", "permission" and "pleased" so that we don't get bewitched by our language not to be able to distinguish the revealed words of the God from the words of human-beings and Satan. If we are incapable to make this distinction then we have a serious problem with our language.
After this prelude I am not going to criticize every single paragraph of Tor Andrae but I will criticize his account of the concept "will" in the Quran, because;
L.Wittgenstein said: "If you understand the workings of will in a
language, then you understand the language."
Tor quotes three verses from the Quran where the word "will" is used and on one of them he replaces this word with "pleased" to prepare it for his coming criticism, here it is:
"Had we pleased, we had certainly given to every soul his guidance." (32,13)
However the true wording of the sentence is:
"Had we willed, we had certainly given to every soul his guidance."
Then Tor jumps from this to a capricious God reflected on the character of Muhammed;-)
Also with his quotation "...No soul shall believe but by the permission of Allah..." he confuses the will of Allah to work out a contradiction with his predestination concept. If some issue is left to permission then how can one reduce it to predestination?
Before attempting to look for contradictions in the revealed words of the God one should have good grip of those concepts how they are employed in the Quran - namely concept `will" and "permission".
Those words are employed within hundreds of verses in the Quran to give us a solid understanding of their use.
Tor wrote this book in late 1920s, today we know more philosophy not to confuse concepts like "will", "permission" and "pleased" so that we don't get bewitched by our language not to be able to distinguish the revealed words of the God from the words of human-beings and Satan. If we are incapable to make this distinction then we have a serious problem with our language.
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