{"product_id":"envisioning-islam-9780812224023","title":"Envisioning Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these previously neglected texts problematize modern perceptions of an exclusively hostile Christian reaction to Islam and revolutionize our understanding of the early Islamic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Penn's book is a mighty achievement. In \u003ci\u003eEnvisioning Islam\u003c\/i\u003e, scholars at last have a one-stop survey of some of the richest but most poorly understood Syriac sources for the early Islamic period, paired with clear-headed analysis and sober conclusions. . . . Penn's book succeeds in defamiliarizing the early history of Muslim-Christian relations and will undoubtedly set the stage for future research on the topic.\" * \u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEnvisioning Islam\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich discussion with important implications to better situate early Islam into the cosmopolitan late antique Near East. Penn is to be commended for a valuable contribution to the field.\" * Intellectual History of the Islamicate World *\u003cbr\u003e\"A sophisticated and well-conceived study of the evolving depictions of Muslims in Syriac texts that will shed new light on the socially complicated history of early Islam.\" * Sydney H. Griffith, The Catholic University of America *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. When Good Things Happened to Other People: Syriac Memories of the Islamic Conquests\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. A Different Type of Difference-Making: Syriac Narratives of Religious Identity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Using Muslims to Think With: Narratives of Islamic Rulers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Blurring Boundaries: The Continuum Between Early Christianity and Early Islam\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405705191767,"sku":"9780812224023","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812224023.jpg?v=1730493341","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/envisioning-islam-9780812224023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}