Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia

Mar 2025 09

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Sources/Suggested Reading:
al-Jallad, Ahmad (forthcoming) “The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic Inscriptions”. Pre-Print Darft (Version 2: April 3, 2021).

al-Jallad, Ahmad (2019). “The ‘One’ God in a Safaitic Inscription”. Draft. The Ohio State University.

al-Jallad, Ahmad (2020). “The pre-Islamic basmala: reflections on its first epigraphic attestation and its original significance”. Draft. The Ohio State University.

Bowersock, G.W. (2017) “The Crucible of Islam”. Harvard University Press.

Hoyland, Robert G. (2001). “Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam”. Routledge.

Also check out these two great resources for ancient Arabic inscriptions:
DASI:
Ociana:

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