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The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad´s Life and the Beginnings of Islam
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Paperback. 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. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Islamic sources indicate that Muhammad survived to lead the conquest of Palestine, beginning in 634-35. Although this discrepancy has been known for several decades, Stephen J. Shoemaker here writes the first systematic study of the various traditions. Using methods and perspectives borrowed from biblical studies, Shoemaker concludes that these reports of Muhammad's leadership during the Palestinian invasion likely preserve an early Islamic tradition that was ... Read more
The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Islamic sources indicate that Muhammad survived to lead the conquest of Palestine, beginning in 634-35. Although this discrepancy has been known for several decades, Stephen J. Shoemaker here writes the first systematic study of the various traditions. Using methods and perspectives borrowed from biblical studies, Shoemaker concludes that these reports of Muhammad's leadership during the Palestinian invasion likely preserve an early Islamic tradition that was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223422
SKU
V9780812223422
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About Maximus
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.
Reviews for The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad´s Life and the Beginnings of Islam
A work of utmost importance, and one that has profound implications for our understanding of how Islam began. -Fred Donner, University of Chicago [Shoemaker] develops [previous ideas] substantially, discusses them in the light of recent publications, and also offers highly instructive parallels with the situation in (and scholarship on) early Christianity. . . . [He] has done a very ... Read more