Arabia
Darf Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85077-111-1 (ISBN)
The Rev. Samuel M. Zwemmer stood at the forefront of those evangelical missionaries sent out by the Reformed Church of America to 'crusade' in the Islamic countries of North Africa and Arabia. The author of an earlier work, Islam - A Challenge to Faith, his views are typical of the uncompromising attitudes held by evangelising Victoria clergy, who saw a divine mission as a backbone to their work abroad. However, this present work, reproduced in facsimile from the first edition of 1900, contains a scholarly account of the Arab people, their lives and customs, and an interesting study of their country. Enhanced by over fifty photographs, maps and diagrams, the book provides a useful study of Arabia at the end of the nineteenth century.
I. The Neglected Peninsula 17II. The Geographical Divisions of Arabia 25III. The Holy Land of Arabia-Mecca 30IV. The Holy Land of Arabia-Medina 45V. Aden and an Inland Journey 53VI. Yemen: The Switzerland of Arabia 62VII. The Unexplored Regions of Hadramaut 72VIII. Muscat and the Coastlands of Oman 78IX. The Land of the Camel 88X. The Pearl Islands of the Gulf 97 XI. The Eastern Threshold of Arabia 110XII. The River-Country and the Date-Palm 119XIII. The Cities and Villages of Turkish Arabia 128XIV. A Journey Down the Euphrates 136XV. The Interior - Known and Unknown 143XVI. "The Time of Ignorance" 158XVII. Islam in Its Cradle - The Moslem's God 169XVIII. The Prophet and His Book 179XIX. The Wahabi Rulers and Reformers 191XX. The Rulers of Oman 202XXI. The Story of the Turks in Arabia 206XXII. British Influence in Arabia 218XXIII. Present Politics in Arabia 233XXIV. The Arabic Language 238XXV. The Literature of the Arabs 251XXVI. The Arab 258XXVII. Arabian Arts and Sciences 274XXVIII. The Star Worshippers of Mesopotamia 285XXIX. Early Christianity in Arabia 300XXX, The Dawn of Modern Arabian Missions 314XXXI. Ion Keith Falconer and the Aden Mission 331XXXII. Bishop French the Veteran Missionary to Muscat 344XXXIII. The American Arabian Mission 353XXXIV. In Memoriam 367XXXV. Problems of the Arabian Field 374XXXVI. The Outlook for Missions to Moslems 391Appendix I - Chronological Table 409Appendix II - Tribes of North Arabia 413Appendix III - An Arabian Bibliography 414Index 427
| Zusatzinfo | 32ill.9M. |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 220 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Naher Osten ► Arabische Emirate |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85077-111-1 / 1850771111 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85077-111-1 / 9781850771111 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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