Quiz #2 Flashcards
according to hoyland, arabic probably existed as early as the
mid-_________ millenium BCE.
First
true/false : the namarah inscription is the oldest dated pre-islamic arabic inscription dated back to 328 CE
False it is the 2nd oldest.
true/ false : early arabic was basically arabic words written using early aramaic text.
True
It is interesting to note that some of the earliest examples of arabic texts seem to have been _____________ inscriptions
Christian
This is a pre-silamic arabic inscription from 569CE
Harran inscription
True or false: Christian missionaries may have been the first to develop written arabic
True
The reason that a number of scholars argue the Qu’ran was not written downuntil the early 8th century ____________
It is doubtful written arabic would have developed to the point where it would have captured the complex orality of araic communication… this probably took hundreds of years.
1 out of every _____ people in our world claims to follow Islam
6
The earliest written biographical material of muhammed is
______-_______ years after his death
150-200
True / False : the condensed traditional timeframe of muhammed’s life fits some of the factual material we have
False, it fits none
Condensed traditional view of Muhammed’s life
AD 570- muhammed born in mecca
AD 595- Marries Khadijah
AD 610- receives 1st revelation from angel gabriel
AD 622- muhammed escaped mecca to medina- hijrah
AD 630- muhammed conquers mecca
AD 632- muhammad dies
true false: the qu’ran only mentions muhammed 4 times
True
the earliest indication there was a man named muhammed is about ____ years after muhammed’s death
60
According to traditional view, muhammed’s mother Amina died when he was _____, and his grandfather died when he was ____
6…. 8….
according to peters, it is not even certain that the ____________ agreement, which is the cornerstone of muhammed’s presence and authority in __________, is even mentioned in the _________.
Medina, medina, Qu’ran
true/ false- there is no evidence the medina agreement existed until the time of Ibn Ishaq- (mid 8th century)
True
which battle did the muslims attack medina and get defeated in?
Uhud march 625
true false- according to watt- at the time of muhammed’s death he was the ruler of almost the whole of arabia.
False, not that much but probably more than a small region of medina and mecca
according to the neo revisionist view: the very few passing references to muhammed in earlier literary sources should be regarded as later _____________ by copiers who knew the traditional account
interpolations
who do some neo-revisionists believe the numismatic (inscriptions on coins) reference to muhammed in 687 refers to?
Muhammad Ibn Marwan, or Muhammad Ibn Hanafiyyah.
in 691 is where we get the first mention of Muhammed on a _______ minted by Abd al-Malik and on the _______ of the ______
Coin….. Dome…. Rock
True / false: John of damascus who wrote in 730s considered muhammed to be a historical figure and a false prophet, and he ridiculed the Qu’ran
True
according to neo revisionists: muhammed’s life, as recorded in the Sira, is largely the ___________ of later generations: the real muhammed was a messianic type figure who led a movement to re-posess _______: the Qu’ran was posthumously composed sometime during rhe Khalifate of ______ ___ _______
invention; jerusalem; Abd Al-Malik
while there is rumored by muslims to be 4 Caliphs before him, who is the first bona-fide Arab Caliph?
Mu’awiya
