Language:EnglishPublisher:NaufalISBN-13:9789953260921ISBN-10:9953260923UPC:9789953260921Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC4900AQTG
Kamal Salibi, professor of history at the American University of Beirut, reveals startling linguistic evidence which controversially suggests that Judaism originated not in Palestine but in west Arabia. Whilst looking at the gazetteer of Saudi place names, he noticed a remarkable concentration of Biblical place names in an area of 600km long by 200km wide (the region of 'Asir). Ancient Hebrew, like Arabic, was written without vowels, Salibi believes that scholars of the sixth century might have added the vowels wrongly when standardizing texts, and so he went back to the original unvowelled Old Testament to prove his theory - and it did. The geography of Palestine has never corresponded in any way to the apparently specific stories on the Bible. Salibi's research authenticates the events as history for the first time - but within an Arabian setting. This book has caused a predictable storm amongst academics and politicians. The issue is of such importance that everyone should read the evidence first-hand.
Language:EnglishPublisher:NaufalISBN-13:9789953260921ISBN-10:9953260923UPC:9789953260921Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC4900AQTG
Kamal Salibi: - "Kamal Salibi was born in Beirut in 1929. After earning a doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the University of London, he returned to Lebanon to serve as the head of the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut, the same institution where he had previously studied political science. In 1994, he stepped down from this position and founded, in Jordan, at the request of Prince Hassan bin Talal - brother of King Hussein of Jordan - the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, which he chaired until 2004. He then became an advisor to the Druze Heritage Society and remained in this role until his death. This historian was one of the leading figures in the critical study of history. He shook the foundations of established certainties and challenged the official version of Arab history. Kamal Salibi passed away in 2011."
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Kamal Salibi, professor of history at the American University of Beirut, reveals startling linguistic evidence which controversially suggests that Judaism originated not in Palestine but in west Arabia. Whilst looking at the gazetteer of Saudi place names, he noticed a remarkable concentration of Biblical place names in an area of 600km long by 200km wide (the region of 'Asir). Ancient Hebrew, like Arabic, was written without vowels, Salibi believes that scholars of the sixth century might have added the vowels wrongly when standardizing texts, and so he went back to the original unvowelled Old Testament to prove his theory - and it did. The geography of Palestine has never corresponded in any way to the apparently specific stories on the Bible. Salibi's research authenticates the events as history for the first time - but within an Arabian setting. This book has caused a predictable storm amongst academics and politicians. The issue is of such importance that everyone should read the evidence first-hand.
Kamal Salibi: - "Kamal Salibi was born in Beirut in 1929. After earning a doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the University of London, he returned to Lebanon to serve as the head of the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut, the same institution where he had previously studied political science. In 1994, he stepped down from this position and founded, in Jordan, at the request of Prince Hassan bin Talal - brother of King Hussein of Jordan - the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, which he chaired until 2004. He then became an advisor to the Druze Heritage Society and remained in this role until his death. This historian was one of the leading figures in the critical study of history. He shook the foundations of established certainties and challenged the official version of Arab history. Kamal Salibi passed away in 2011."
