Ancient Arabic Jewish-Christian Tradition: Reading of Classical Islamic Apologetic Treatise
Faris Nofal, Postgraduate student, Vladimir Dahl East Ukrainian National University (Ukraine, Lugansk)
pp. 58–73
It is considered the reconstruction of religious systems of the Arabian Judaism and Christianity in the article. Analyzing the legends which have been a part of both early Islamic chronicles, and the classical Islamic apologetic treatises, the author draws a conclusion about “dogmatic” and “liturgical” unity of Ancient Arabic monotheism. Also the fact of identity of a so-called Hanifizm and Abrahamic religious traditions of Arabia is established.
Keywords: Ancient Arabic monotheism, Djahiliyya, Islam, Qur’an, Sunnah, Hanifism.