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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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Edition: | First Harvard University Press paperback edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ History 622-692
B Muḥammad 570-632 B Muḥammad 570-632 / Islam / Rise of |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
History
B Muḥammad d. 632 B Islam B Islamic Empire History 622-661 B Classical antiquity B Antiquity B Islamic Empire History 622-661 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: | Literaturangaben und Index |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 280 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06414-0 978-0-674-05097-6 0-674-06414-3 978-0-674-05626-8 0-674-05626-4 |
