Itinerant Prophets - Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam

The figure of the prophet circulates in all fields of the textual and visual production of premodern Islam. This volume focuses on two aspects of this phenomenon: On the one hand, it investigates the historical transformations of this figure in diverse social and political contexts and genres of Islamic culture. On the other hand, it explores how traits associated with prophets were ascribed to other historical or mythical figures.

About the author

M. Azaiez, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; R. Gareil, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France; I. Hassan, Sorbonne Université.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mehdi Azaiez (Editor), Rémy Gareil (Editor), Iyas Hassan (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, French
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9783110779097
• ISBN: 978-3-11-077909-7
• No. of pages: 550
• Illustrations: 10 col. ill.
• Series: Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society; Islam – Thought, Culture, and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, Englisch, Andere Religionen, Religiöse und spirituelle Persönlichkeiten, auseinandersetzen, Regional Studies, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, REL051000 RELIGION / Philosophy, SOC048000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, prophets, Pre-modern Islam