Ancient Arabic Jewish-Christian Tradition: Reading of Classical Islamic Apologetic Treatise

Abstract

It is considered the reconstruction of religious systems of the Arabian Judaism and Christianity in the article. Analyzing the legends which have been a part of both early Islamic chronicles, and the classical Islamic apologetic treatises, the author draws a conclusion about “dogmatic” and “liturgical” unity of Ancient Arabic monotheism. Also the fact of identity of a so-called Hanifizm and Abrahamic religious traditions of Arabia is established.

Keywords

• ancient arabic monotheism
• djahiliyya
• islam
• qur'an
• sunnah
• hanifism
• древнеаравийское иудеохристианство
• джахилия
• ислам
• коран
• сунна
• ханифизм