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Muhammad and the believers : at the origins of Islam
- Title
- Muhammad and the believers : at the origins of Islam / Fred M. Donner.
- Author
- Donner, Fred McGraw, 1945-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 280 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-2137
- ISBN
- 9780674050976
- 0674050975
- LCCN
- 2009052195
- OCLC
- 456169900
- Author
- Donner, Fred McGraw, 1945-
- Title
- Muhammad and the believers : at the origins of Islam / Fred M. Donner.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-2137