Karl-Heinz Ohlig

Karl-Heinz Ohlig ( Born 1938 in Koblenz) is a German professor of Religious Studies and the History of Christianity at the University of the Saarland, Germany.

He is the co-author with Gerd Rudiger Puin of the book Die dunklen Anfange. Neue Forschungen zur Entstehung und fruhen Geschichte des Islam ("The dark beginnings: new research on the origin and early history of Islam," Hans Schiller Verlag, 2005), which argues that Islam was not originally conceived as an original religion.

Ohlig and Puin's research propounds that according to the evidence of Arab coinage and the inscription in the Dome of the Rock in the late 7th century with the letters MHMT and the term muhammad meaning "the revered" or "the praiseworthy" bear Christian symbols such as crosses, suggesting that the term Muhammad was a Christian honorific title referring to Jesus, as in the hymn of the mass ("praise be to he that comes...") [ Muhammad as a Christological Honorific Title 2008 interview http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-756/i.html ]

Written works

The dark beginnings: new research on the origin and early history of Islam," Hans Schiller Verlag, 2005

One Or Three: From The Father Of Jesus To The Trinity Peter Lang Pub Inc 2003

Religion in the history of mankind: the development of religious consciousness 2002

Fundamental christianity: In the tension of Christianity and Culture Kosel 1986

Notes and references

*http://www.islamische-zeitung.de/?id=10640

*http://www.jesus.ch/index.php/d/article/481/28504/