Death of a Prophet - The End of Muhammad''s Life and the Beginnings of Islam

Informationen zum Autor Stephen J. Shoemaker is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and author of Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. Klappentext Stephen J. Shoemaker is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and author of Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. Zusammenfassung Stephen J. Shoemaker investigates contradictory traditions about the end of Muhammad's life in the Islamic and non-Islamic sources of the seventh and eighth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. "A Prophet Has Appeared, Coming with the Saracens": Muhammad's Leadership during the Conquest of Palestine According to Seventh- and Eighth-Century Sources Chapter 2. The End of Muhammad's Life in Early Islamic Memory: The Witness of the Sira Tradition Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Islam and the End of Days: Muhammad as Eschatological Prophet Chapter 4. From Believers to Muslims, from Jerusalem to the Hijaz: Confessional Identity and Sacred Geography in Early Islam Conclusion: Jesus and Muhammad, the Apostle and the Apostles Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Shoemaker, Stephen J. Shoemaker
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2011
• EAN: 9780812243567
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4356-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late An; Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous