2. Oriens and Arabia without Arabs?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. The disappearing Arabs before Islam: Beyond Orientalism. Preface to the international edition vii
4. Foreword to the German edition xiii
5. 1. Introduction to the problem of de-Arabization 1
6. 2. Oriens and Arabia without Arabs? 17
7. 3. In search of the Arab koine 37
8. 4. Can Non-Europeans think? 51
9. 5. The Hellenistic-Roman Orient: Dark design, suppression, forgetting and no explanation? 61
10. 6. Yarmūk: The mysterious end of Rome in Oriens 127
11. 7. Taboos: The smooth integration of the Arabs/Semites of the Oriens into the Islamic Umma 143
12. 8. The Pope of Baghdad 153
13. 9. Orient and Rome? 159
14. 10. Demarcation, new beginnings and displacement 169
15. 11. Transgressions: The “Christian” Qur’an 179
16. 12. Conclusion 203
17. 13. Appendix. Diffusion: Dilmun, Gilgamesh, al-Khidr and the Qur’an – the power of the imaginary in the Arab region 207
18. 14. Addendum to the German edition: The return of the Oriental 223
19. Plates 227
20. Maps 231
21. Bibliography 235
22. Index 257