PO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Al-Lat, Some Cities, Jahiliyyah
9 Sep 2016
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The life of muhammad (part 1) and the interpretation of ancient stories. Truth, parable, history, and storytelling in the ancient world. Political and religious context: the byzantine empire and the sasanian empires were perpetually feuding. a. i. Sasanian empire was ethnically and linguistically persian a. ii. 1. Most arab tribes would have been considered pagan, though some of the tribes identified as jewish and the christian outposts and monasteries also existed in different parts of arabia. Legendary history of the arabs and the arabian peninsula: arabs saw themselves in a noble lineage, as descendants of abraham through his son ishmael. a. i. Jews trace their roots through abraham"s son isaac a. ii. This connection has always been seen a point of unity rather than a division b. It was believed that abraham nearly sacrificed his son in what is now mecca, near the well of zamzam.
