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Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Alexander Severus, amici populi Romani, Arabia Petraea, Arabs, ascetics, Aurelian, Balkans, Battle of Adrianople, Bosra, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Chalcedonian, Christianisation, Christianity, Christians, cives, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Council of Chalcedon, Diocletian, Dumat al-Jandal, Eastern Roman Empire, Elagabalus, Emessa, Ethiopia, Fertile Crescent, foederati, Germanic peoples, Germans, Germany, Ghassanids, God, Gothic War, Goths, Great War, Hegra, heresy, Hijaz, Himyar, holy man, Homs, Ioudaismos, Irfan Shahid, Islam, Jerusalem, Jews, Judaism, Kindites, Lakhmid Kingdom, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Limes Orientalis, limitrophe provinces, loca sancta, Marcus Julius Philippus, Mavia, Mawiyya, Mesopotamia, monastics, monks, Monophysites, Monophysitism, Moses, Nabatean Kingdom, Nabateans, Najran, Negev, Nicene Creed, Oriens, orthodoxy, paganism, pagans, Palaestina, Palestine, Palmyra, Palmyrene Empire, Palmyrenes, Persia, Persian Empire, Philip the Arab, plague, Qaryat al-Faw, Queen of the Tanukh, Qur’an, Rhine, Romaioi, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Romanisation, Romanitas, Romans, Saint Simeon, Salihids, Sasanians, Semitic people, Severus Alexander, Sinai, Syria, Tanukhids, Theodosius I, Valens, Western Roman Empire, Yemen on July 5, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abd al-Razzaq al-San’ani, Abraham, Abu Bakr, Arab conquests, Battle of Ajnadayn, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Christianity, Christians, Doctrina Jacobi, Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati, Early Islam, exegesis, Hadith, Holy Land, Imam Ali, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jews, John of Damascus, Ka'ba, Kaaba, Levant, Millat Ibrahim, Moses, Muawiya, Musa, Musannaf, Palaestina, Palestine, Persian Empire, Promised Land, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Rashidun Caliph, Roman Empire, Roman Syria, Sebeos, Syria, Syriac, Teaching of Jacob, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, theology, Thomas the Presbyter, ulema, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umar II, Uthman, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Zayd ibn Thabit on July 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 November 2024

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This entry was posted in History, History of Islam and tagged Abbasid Revolution, Abbasids, Abd al-Malik, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abraham, al-Hajar al-Aswad, al-Masjid al-Haram, Arab Empire, Arabs, Babylonian Talmud, Bayt al-Haram, Bible, Black Stone, Christianity, Christians, Commander of the Believers, Commander of the Faithful, Constantine the Great, Constitution of Medina, Doctrina Jacobi, Eusebius, Fred Donner, G.J. Reinink, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Hadith, Hagar, Hagarenes, Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World, hajj, Haramayn, Ibn al-Zubayr, India, Ioudaismos, Ishmael, Ishmaelites, Islamic Tradition, isra, Israel, jahiliya, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, Jewish Temple, Jews, John of Sedreh, John Wansbrough, Justinian, Kaaba, ka’ba, Land of Israel, Letter of John of Sedreh, Libya, Mecca, Medina, Mesopotamia, Mhaggraye, mi’raj, Michael Cook, Michael Penn, monotheism, Moses, Muawiya, mushrikun, Muslims, Noah, paganism, pagans, Patricia Crone, Pentateuch, Persian Empire, Persians, plague, Promised Land, Prophet Ibrahim, Prophet Muhammad, Qibla, Qurayshi, Qur’an, Roman Empire, Romans, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sassanids, Sebeos, sectarian milieu, Simon ben Yohai, Sunna, Syria, Syria Palaestina, Tachkastan, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, Temple Mount, The Letter of John of Sedreh, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, Torah, True Cross, Umar I, Umar ibn Khattab, Umayr ibn Sa’d al-Ansari, Virgin Mary, Yathrib on November 28, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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