Pre-Islamic Arabic peoples practiced a polytheistic religious structure
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Historical and epigraphic evidence demonstrates that pre-Islamic Arabic societies maintained a polytheistic religious structure featuring a diverse pantheon of numerous deities and localized cults.
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A Late Antique Kingdom's Conversion: Jews and Sympathizers in South Arabia
2020 · cited by 5
The paper discusses the henotheistic and syncretistic religious environment of pre-Islamic North Arabia involving multiple deities and cults.
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The religious landscape of Northwest Arabia as reflected in the Nabataean, Nabataeo-Arabic, and pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions
2020 · cited by 4
The study examines inscriptions detailing hundreds of distinct divine figures and a rich pantheon in pre-Islamic Arabia.
On the origins of the god Ruḍaw and some remarks on the pre-Islamic North Arabian pantheon
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The research analyzes ancient Arabian deities such as Ruḍaw within the pre-Islamic North Arabian pantheon before the transition to Islam.