The quest for the historical Muhammad / edited and translated by Ibn Warraq.

Other author Ibn Warraq.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2000.
Description554 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
Islam--Controversial literature.

Contents Studies on Muhammad and the rise of Islam : a critical survey / Ibn Warraq -- Origins of Islam : a critical look at the sources / Ibn Rawandi -- Muhammad and the origins of Islam / Ernest Renan -- Koran and tradition : how the life of Muhammad was composed / Henri Lammens -- The age of Muhammad and the chronology of the Sira / Henri Lammens -- Fatima and the daughters of Muhammad / Henri Lammens -- Matters of principle concerning Lammens' Sira studies / C.H. Becker -- The quest of the historical Muhammad / Arthur Jeffrey -- A revaluation of Islamic traditions / Joseph Schacht --Abraha and Muhammad : some observations apropos of chronology and literary topoi in the early Arabic historical tradition / Lawrence I. Conrad -- The function of asbab al-nuzul in Quranic exegesis / Andrew Rippin -- Methodological approaches to Islamic studies / J. Koren and Y.D. Nevo -- The quest of the historical Muhammad / F.E. Peters -- Recovering lost texts : some methodological issues / Lawrence I. Conrad -- The implicatons of, and opposition to, the methods of John Wansbrough / Herbert Berg -- John Wansbrough, Islam, and monotheism / G.R. Hawting.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 99054420
ISBN1573927872 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BP169 .Q47 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold