Muhammad and the believers: at the origins of Islam
The Near East on the eve of Islam. The empires of the late antique Near East ; Arabia between the Great Powers ; Mecca and Yathrib (Medina) -- Muhammad and the Believers' Movement. The traditional biography of Muhammad the Prophet ; The problem of sources ; The character of the early Believers&...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ History 622-692
B Muḥammad 570-632 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
History
B Islam B Islam Origin B Islamic Empire History 622-661 B Classical antiquity B Antiquity B Islam History B Islamic Empire History 622-661 B Muḥammad Prophet, d. 632 B Islam Origin B Muḥammad Prophet (-632) |
| Summary: | The Near East on the eve of Islam. The empires of the late antique Near East ; Arabia between the Great Powers ; Mecca and Yathrib (Medina) -- Muhammad and the Believers' Movement. The traditional biography of Muhammad the Prophet ; The problem of sources ; The character of the early Believers' Movement -- The expansion of the Community of Believers. Sources ; The Community in the last years of Muhammad's life ; Succession to Muhammad and the Ridda Wars ; The character of the Believers' early expansion ; The course and scope of the early expansion -- The struggle for leadership of the Community 34-73/655-692. Background of the First Civil War ; The course of the first Civil War (35-40/656-661) ; Between civil wars (40-60/661-680) ; The Second Civil War (60-73/680-692) ; Reflections on the civil wars -- The emergence of Islam. The Umayyad Restoration and return to the imperial agenda ; The redefinition of key terms ; Emphasis on Muhammad and the Qur'an ; The problem of the Trinity ; Elaboration of Islamic cultic practices ; Elaboration of the Islamic origins story ; The coalescence of an "Arab" political identity ; Official vs. popular change -- Appendix A. The Umma document -- Appendix B. Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| ISBN: | 0674064143 |