The History of Islamic Theology by Tilman Nagel

The History of Islamic Theology by Tilman Nagel

A study of Islam. Using the Koran and other primary sources, Tilman Nagel delves deeply into Islamic history as he traces the development of Islamic doctrine. He explores the centrality of the Koran in Islamic theology and examines its canonization process and the central themes of its message.

Tilman Nagel (* 19. April 1942 in Cottbus) is a German orientalist and Islamic scholar. Since 1989 he has been a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Gü¾¦˜¼ttingen. Nagel studied Islamic Studies, Comparative Religious Studies and Central Asian Studies at the University of Bonn. After his doctorate in 1967 and his habilitation (Venia legendi) in 1971, he worked until 1981 at the Seminar for Oriental Languages at the University of Bonn. From 1981 to 2007 he taught and researched as Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Gü¾¦˜¼ttingen and was emeritus at the end of the summer semester 2007.

Nagel has written important standard works in Islamic Studies. His summum opus is Mohammed's biography, published in 2008 and comprising over 1000 pages.

De Gruyter Oldenbourg books by Tilman Nagel:

- Allahs Liebling: Ursprung und Erscheinungsformen des Mohammedglaubens, Mü¾˜¶˜¼nchen 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58535-3

- Mohammed - Leben und Legende, Mü¾˜¶˜¼nchen 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58534-6

- Mohammed - 20 Kapitel ü¾˜¶˜¼ber den Propheten der Muslime, Mü¾˜¶˜¼nchen 2010. ISBN 978-3-486-59705-9

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ISBN 13	9781558762039
ISBN 10	1558762035
Title	The History of Islamic Theology
Author	Tilman Nagel
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Year published	2009-12-30
Number of pages	420
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