Posted by Max Bridges on Aug 10, 2017

Dr. Cyriaque Beurtheret

The Origins of Islam

 

Dr. Beurtheret was born and raised in France and made his home here in California beginning in 1995.  His education includes a doctorate in American history from the Sorbonne and a master’s degree in European history from the University of Paris.

Since 2004, Cyriaque Beurtheret has been teaching in Salt Lake City as a tenured history professor and lead professor of Western Civilization.  His specific area of interest is the study of the multiple narratives formulated to describe historical events, and how they reveal the interests and objectives of the different actors involved in international relations.


          He is married to Cindy Beurtheret, a teacher at Montgomery High School.  They have three boys

He will share with us what academic scholars have uncovered in the past thirty years leading to a new understanding of the origins of Islam based on their study of late antiquity documents, modern archeological research, and use of computer analysis  of the Quran. These discoveries may change our view of the world today.

 

 

     

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