Queens and Prophets: How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam El-Badawi Emran Iqbal

Specifikacia Queens and Prophets: How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam El-Badawi Emran Iqbal

A paradigm-shifting examination of female power in pre-Islamic ArabiaArab noblewomen of late antiquity were instrumental in shaping the history of the world. Between Rome's intervention in the Arabian Peninsula and the Arab conquests, they ruled independently, conducting trade and making war. Their power was celebrated as queen, priestess and goddess. With time they delegated authority to the most important holy men of their age, influencing Arabian paganism, Christianity and Islam.Empress Zenobia and queen Mavia supported bishops Paul of Samosata and Moses of Sinai. Paul was declared a heretic by the Roman church, while Moses began the process of mass Arab conversion. The teachings of these men survived under their queens, setting in motion seismic debates that fractured the early churches and laid the groundwork for the rise of Islam. In sixth-century Mecca, lady