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Published in: Mohammedanism, A Historical Survey H.A.R. Gibb, London: Oxford University Press, [1950] (pages 36-47).
The Koran
H.A.R. Gibb
THE KORAN is the record of those formal utterances and discourses which Mohammed and his followers accepted as directly inspired. Muslim orthodoxy therefore regards them as the literal Word of God mediated through the angel Gabriel. They are quoted with the prefix ‘God has said’, the phrase ‘The Prophet said’ is applied only to the sayings of Mohammed preserved in the Traditions. Mohammed’s own belief, which is still held without question by his followers, was that these discourses were portions of a ‘Heavenly Book’ sent down to or upon him in an Arabic version, not as a whole, but in sections of manageable length and in relation to the circumstances of the moment. Read the rest of this entry »
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Опубликовано в: Ислам. Религия, общество, государство. М. «Наука», 1984.
П. А. Грязневич
АРАВИЯ И АРАБЫ
(к истории термина ал-’араб)
И расходятся люди во мнениях о том, почему арабов назвали арабами.
Абу Мансур ал-Азхарш (ум. в 980-81 г.)
Возникновение и семантическая эволюция термина ал-’араб, ставшего самоназванием арабских народов,— комплексная проблема. Изучение ее является компетенцией не только лингвистов-семитологов, но и историков и этнологов. Значение термина должно определяться для каждого исторического периода особо и с учетом этнической и социальной характеристики обозначаемой им общности. Read the rest of this entry »
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