Muhammad and the Origins of Islam

An inquiry into the religious environment of the person Muslims hail as the "Envoy of God" and an attempt to trace his progress along the path from paganism to that distinctive form of monotheism called Islam.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

F. E. Peters is Professor and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature and History at New York University's Near Eastern Center. He has written a number of books, including The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Jerusalem; and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation. Most recently, he has published a three-volume history of Mecca and the celebrated Islamic pilgrimage called the Hajj.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: F E Peters, F. E. Peters
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.04.1994
• EAN: 9780791418765
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1876-5
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 481 g
• Serie: Suny Near Eastern Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities