Islam, the Ancient Near East and Varieties of Godlessness. Collected Studies in Three Volumes. Vol. 3

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Islam, the Ancient Near East and Varieties of Godlessness. Collected Studies in Three Volumes. Vol. 3 is written by Patricia Crone and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004319271 (ISBN 10) and 9789004319271 (ISBN 13).

Patricia Crone's 'Collected studies in three volumes' brings together a number of her published, unpublished, and revised writings on Near Eastern and Islamic history, arranged around three distinct but interconnected themes. Volume 3, 'Islam, the ancient Near East and varieties of godlessness', places the rise of Islam in the context of the ancient Near East and investigates sceptical and subversive ideas in the Islamic world. Volume 1, 'The Qur'anic pagans and related matters', pursues the reconstruction of the religious environment in which Islam arose and develops an intertextual approach to studying the Qur'anic religious milieu. Volume 2, 'The Iranian reception of Islam: The non-traditionalist strands', examines the reception of pre-Islamic legacies in Islam, above all that of the Iranians.0.