While
reading through some weekend posts from blogs that I follow, I came upon one
that piqued my interest:
Like
Allan, I too am quite "interested in the origins of Islam". Back on
Dec. 2, 2011, I published a thread that listed a number of early works (632-900
A.D.) contained in the book: The Early
Christian-Muslim Dialogue: A Collection of Documents from the First Three
Islamic Centuries (632 - 900 A.D.): Translations with Commentary. [LINK
TO THREAD.]
The
document quoted by Allan, Doctrina Jacobi, was not included in the book.
However, even though Allan did not provide the source of his quote, I
immediately recognized that I had seen it before, and was pretty confident that
it was in Robert G. Hoyland's massive, Seeing Islam As Others Saw It. I
pulled the book off of the self, and sure enough, found the quote—word for
word—on page 58.
Hoyland's
book is a must read for those who are interested in the early history of Islam.
I was going to provide a Google Books link to the book, but to my
surprise, found out that a PDF version is available for free via the following
link:
Enjoy
!!!
Grace
and peace,
