Middle East/Islamic History: The History of the Assasins [1835]
THE HISTORY OF THE ASSASSINS.
by THE CHEVALIER JOSEPH VON HAMMER,
Author of The History of the Ottoman Empire, &c.
Translated from the German, by Oswald Charles Wood, M. D.
London: Smith and Elder, Cornhill. 1835.
Vizetelly, Branston and Co., Printers, 76, Fleet Street, London.
This is posted for those who are interested in Middle East and Islamic History
There is little to no Christian content, except for setting a backdrop - but there are a few lovely quotes in it:
"Of all the passions which have ever called into action the tongue, the pen, or the sword, which have overturned the throne, and shaken the altar to its base, ambition is the first and mightiest. It uses crime as a means, virtue as a mask. It respects nothing sacred, and yet it has recourse to that which is most beloved, because the most secure, that of all held most sacred by man,—Religion."
"Religious fanaticism is continually accused by history as the fomenter of those sanguinary wars which have desolated kingdoms, and convulsed states; nevertheless, religion has scarcely ever been the end, but merely the instrument, of ambitious policy and untameable lust of power."
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Thank you for this. Those quotes alone are worth the price of admission!
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Thanks, Dominic
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Fortunately I'm not alone in my fascination for tomes such as this. Thanks Dominic.
Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.
International Standard Version. (2011). (Lk 2:52). Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation.
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I recently read "Among the Turks" in Logos.
It was a great read from the 1860s of developments in the area of Turkey and the realities of missionary life there.
Toward the end, I was interested in this quote: "The boasted revival of Islam in Wahabeism may cause some political troubles, but otherwise is of no value. It is a natural reaction against liberalizing tendencies." Interesting how long-lived things are that seem so current to us.
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Thank you!
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