The Jewish Foundation of Islam (The Hilda Stich Stroock Lectures at The Jewish Institute of Religion)

Torrey, Charles Cutler. The Jewish Foundation of Islam (The Hilda Stich Stroock Lectures at The Jewish Institute of Religion). New York: Jewish Institue of Religion Press, 1967. Large octavo. vii, 164 pp. Rebound, with original wrapper pasted down on green cloth binding. Author argues for the existence of a strong Jewish presence in Hijaz starting in the 6th century and that this community strongly influence Mohammed, who was not unschooled as traditionally claimed. Book is in very good – near fine condition. vg. Hardcover.

Chapter headings include but are not limited to: “The Jews in Arabia,” “The Genesis of the New Faith,” “Allah and Islam in Ancient History,” “Mohammed’s Legislation” and more.

Charles Cutler Torrey was a late 19th and early 20th century American historian, archeologist and scholar who presented manuscript evidence to support alternate views on Christian and Islamic religious sources and origins. He founded the American School of Archaeology at Jerusalem, Israel in 1901. He also taught Semitic languages at the University of Andover as well as Yale University. (20957) $75