Living under muslim rule from the seventh century to the present syriac christians wrote the first and most extensive accounts of islam describing a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonisticthrough its critical introductions and new translations of this invaluable historical materialwhen christians first met muslimsallows scholars students and the general public to explore the earliest interactions between what eventually became the . Michael philip penns when christians first met muslims is an extremely important textthe sources penn collated in syriac are among some of the earliest reports we have about the emerging community there scholars of the latest of late antiquity of early byzantium and of the early community of believers around muhammad will benefit from having these sources in english. This item when christians first met muslims a sourcebook of the earliest syriac writings on islam by michael philip penn paperback cdn4102 ships from and sold by pbs ca envisioning islam syriac christians and the early muslim world by michael philip penn paperback cdn4000. When christians first met muslims a sourcebook of the earliest syriac writings on islam by michael philip penn author march 2015 first edition paperback 3495 gbp2900 ebook 3495 gbp2900 courses christianity islam ancient history general title details rights available worldwide pages 280 isbn 9780520284944 trim size 55 x 85. When christians first met muslims a sourcebook of the earliest syriac writings on islam michael philip penn university of california press contents acknowledgments xi prologue the year 630 xiii introduction 1 account ad 637 21 chronicle ad 640 25