The '''Doctrina Iacobi''' is a 7th century [[Greek]] tract written in the [[Middle East]] between 634 and 640 A.D. The manuscript provides one of the earliest external accounts of the origins of Islam, presenting a significantly different Islamic historiography than found in traditional Islamic texts. | The '''Doctrina Iacobi''' is a 7th century [[Greek]] tract written in the [[Middle East]] between 634 and 640 A.D. The manuscript provides one of the earliest external accounts of the origins of Islam, presenting a significantly different Islamic historiography than found in traditional Islamic texts. |