Michael Cook: How being a historian of Islam has changed in the past 15 years

Michael Cook is Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies.
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[@ilyasqabtani8724]

Ahhhh I just stumbled to this man, DR. Cook although I read his book (along with DR. crone) Hagarism many many years ago. Nice to see him

[@Logia1978]

Both of them are refuted by todays scholarship...

[@Polynuttery]

@@Logia1978 And those examples are ?

[@Logia1978]

@@Polynuttery Professor Angelika Neuwrith: The radical attacks in the 1970’s some people, Patricia Crone, Michael Cook, Jhon Wansbrough, who really criticize the traditional Muslim narrative of the origins of the Quran. This radical revisionist attack has basically been abandoned by Scholars. It is been looked up analyzed, assessed and it’s been found wanting. So, it is now been discarded. There been so many earlier and earlier manuscript fragments or whole manuscripts of the Quran been found over the recent years. We have a wealth of manuscript evidence. Now that goes back to the within the first century of the time of the prophet and this makes a big difference. New findings of chronic text fragments are convinced to affirm rather than calling to question the traditional picture of the Quran as an early fixed text composed of the Sūra’s, we have. So, these manuscripts confirm the traditional account that the Quran was fixed in the form. We know it very early on and we now know this because we have the evidence, we have empirical evidence hard facts the actual manuscripts themselves, which prove this.

[@olgai1065]

@@Logia1978 for example .....

[@Logia1978]

@@olgai1065 Angelika Neuwrith François Déroche Marijn Van Putten Eléonore Cellard Uwe Bergmann John Esposito And so and so....

[@talita191]

These days historians are more under preasure .... to follow the truth- facts... or something else more suitable for meanstream... They are some kind of heros😀😉👍

[@vin6665]

I love it when there’s a lot of open minded people about anything

[@muhammedramlan6615]

I didn’t understand the title

[@joecurran2811]

The early mosques are pointing to Petra whether this guy likes it or not.

[@johnschuh8616]

The Arab conquest makes no sense except against the background of the Roman-Persian Wars. The Quran itself; makes no sense except as derivative of Jewish, Christian and Zoroastrian experience.

[@Abdurrahman-ms9ke]

Read The Quran and actually study Islam if you want the truth.

[@Fashionista24]

​@@Abdurrahman-ms9keclose your mouth and you read more that jewish bring you islam and put it i. Ass😅

[@Sosarchives]

@@Abdurrahman-ms9keI have, it’s a man made book. a product of its time

[@Panthera-Uncia]

​@@SosarchivesHow is it man-made? The Apostle Muhammad was illiterate, so, he couldn't have written it.

[@Sosarchives]

@@Panthera-Uncia expect he didn’t compose it but people composed it for him

[@shoaibriz]

So he gained from the Muslim genicide. 🎉🎉🎉

[@khaledalhamad9982]

It’s strange how he knows a lot about Islam and didn’t realize yet it’s the TRUTH. Faith , is about what’s on your heart not about how much your mind knows.

[@sleeexs]

That's not even funny

[@khaledalhamad9982]

@@sleeexs I’m not throwing jokes, See all the debates between Muslims and any religions, I dare you to bring me one Muslim who lost the debate.

[@sleeexs]

@@khaledalhamad9982 The ones who blew themselves up

[@khaledalhamad9982]

@@sleeexs really? Are you still going to say these stupid things to make Islam look bad, most of you can’t even discuss the basics and believes of Islam. I’m sure you don’t even know your own religion.

[@sleeexs]

@@khaledalhamad9982 basics 1. worshipping stones 2. worship demon allan 3. be evil