Stephen J Shoemaker

The Death of a Prophet

The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780812223422
• ISBN-10: 081222342X
• Artikelnr.: 42556364

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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