After spending nine years in what is now Yemen and Saudi Arabia, Samuel M. Zwemer traces the spiritual as well as the physical geography of Arabia by showing how Islam grew out of the earlier Judaism, Sabeanism, and Christianity. Written from a missionary standpoint, Zwemer’s work paints a clear portrait of life in Arabia at the turn of the twentieth century.
Nicknamed the “Apostle to Islam,” for nearly 40 years Samuel M. Zwemer lived and worked in the Middle East, preaching the Gospel of Jesus and training hundreds of missionaries. Founder and editor of The Moslem World, Zwemer—familiar with the land, language, and people of Islam—provided a window into a growing religion and culture that few Westerners knew. Zwemer’s legacy as one of the finest Christian scholars of Islam is still recognized today.
In the Logos edition, all Scripture passages in Arabia: The Cradle of Islam are tagged and appear on mouse-over. What’s more, Scripture references are linked to the wealth of language resources in your Logos library. If you own the English and Arabic Qur’an, you can follow along with Zwemer in his analysis of Islamic doctrine and his studies comparing Islam to Christianity. This makes these texts more powerful and easier to access than ever before for scholarly work or personal Bible study.
He writes full and graphically of the country, the people and their religion, and the missionary work.
—The Spirit of Missions
The comprehensive scope of the volume covers a wide range of interest, scientific and commercial, historical and literary, sociological, religious.
—Outlook