RG ST 82 Lecture 2: Who is an Arab?
18 Nov 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Modern palestine, jordan, and s syria = arabia petrae. Arabs inhabited the arabian peninsula and parts of modern-day jordan. People dealt with not solely as individuals. Surrender the offender or play bloodwit or wehrgeld. If an individual committed a murder, the family or tribe could be held responsible. Poetry used for many different purposes, a very distinct art form. Pagans/idolaters/multi-god: like the greeks and romans. The qur"an was revealed to him in pieces and eventually compiled into what we know. In 610 c. e. , at the age of 40, the revelation began today. Small numbers of arab warriors conquered large areas and populations - there were not. Migration - but the numbers were small in comparison. Intermarriage and procreation - arab ethnicity passed through the father. Islam allows male muslims to marry any monotheist woman, or she can convert to islam.
