L’auteur

M.M. Bravmann était un philologue spécialiste des langues sémitiques. Il travailla à la Bibliothèque de l’Université de Columbia et enseigna notamment au Dropsie College, et aux universités de New York et de la Columbia.

Présentation de l’édition de 2009

In a series of essays devoted to key terms and ideas in Islam, Bravmann argues on the basis of pre-Islamic and early Islamic texts for an Arabian background to the rise of the religion. In pursuing a through philological examination of the evidence, Bravmann finds core values and ideas of Islam deeply embedded in ancient Arab linguistic
expression. His work continues to provide a critical element in the debates about the
emergence of Islam and cannot be ignored by anyone trying to assess the complex
historiographical problems that surround the issue. (Source : Brill)

Compte rendus

– Vajda G., Revue de l’Histoire des Religions, 128 (1973), p. 74-78.
– Goitein S. D., Journal of the American Oriental Society, 94/2 (1974), p. 235-237.
– Patai R., American Anthropologist, 75/6 (1976), p. 1871–1872.
– Norris H. T., Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (New Series), 108 (1976), p. 156-157.