Muhammad and the Empires of Faith

The Making of the Prophet of Islam
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-34041-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of Late Antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammad’s life, taking readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests what new insights stand to be gained from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades in a variety of fields. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith offers both an authoritative introduction to the multilayered traditions surrounding the life of Muhammad and a compelling exploration of how these traditions interacted with the broader landscape of Late Antiquity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anthony, Sean W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
The Caliphs, 632–809

Introduction: The Making of the Historical Muhammad

PART I. BEFORE THE SIRAH-MAGHAZI LITERATURE

1. The Earliest Evidence  Three Early Non-Muslim Testimonies to Muhammad  Revisiting the Doctrina Iacobi  The “Keys to Paradise” in Late Antique Religious Discourse  The “Keys to Paradise” in Early Islamic Preaching  The Doctrina Iacobi and the Historical Muhammad

2. Muhammad the Merchant  The Earliest Depictions of Muhammad as a Merchant  Muhammad’s Occupation in the Hadith and Sirah-Maghazi Literature  Muhammad as a Trader in Arabic Sources  Muhammad and the Monk  The Merchants of Mecca

PART II. THE BEGINNINGS OF HTE SIRAH-MAGHAZI LITERATURE

3. The Beginnings of the Corpus  The Umayyads and the Beginnings of the Sirah-Maghazi Tradition  `Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and `Urwah ibn al-Zubayr

4. The Letters of `Urwah ibn al-Zubayr  The Chains of Transmission for `Urwah’s Letters  A Translation of the Letters Attributed to `Urwah ibn al-Zubayr  Letter 1. From the Persecutions in Mecca to the Hijrah to Yathrib  Letter 2. Khadijah’s death and the Prophet’s marriage to `A'ishah  Letter 3. The Battle of Badr  Letter 4. On al-Hudaybiyah, a Gloss on Q. Mumtahinah 60:10–12  Letter 5. The Conquest of Mecca and al-Ta'if  Letter 6. On the Hums  Letter 7. `A'ishah’s Accusers  Letter 8. On Khuwaylah, the wife of Aws ibn al-Samit, a Gloss on Q. Mujadalah 58:1–4  Letter 9. On the Prophet’s Marriage to a Sister of al-Ash`ath ibn Qays

5. The Court Impulse  Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri and the Umayyads  The Corpus of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri  Ibn Ishaq and the Abbasids  The Corpus of Ibn Ishaq

PART III. LOCATING THE SIRAH-MAGHAZI LITERATURE IN LATE ANTIQUITY

6. Prophecy and Empires of Faith  Prophecy and the Rhetoric of Empire  The Vision of Heraclius  Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri’s Christian Source  Translatio Imperii in the Early Sirah-Maghazi Literature

7. Muhammad and Cædmon  Cædmon’s Call and The Iqra' Narrative  From Muhammad’s Call to Cædmon’s Call  Mechanisms of Narrative Influence  The Iqra' Narrative—Early, but not Historical  Excursus: Alternative Accounts of Muhammad’s First Revelation  Epilogue: The Future of the Historical Muhammad

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sean W. Anthony is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University and author of The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Saba and the Origins of Shiism and Crucifixion and Death as Spectacle: Umayyad Crucifixion in its Late Antique Context.