The Emergence of Islam : Classical Tradtion in Contemporary Perspective.

Author/creator Reynolds, Gabriel Said
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Fortress Press, 2012.
Description1 online resource (250 pages)
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Contents Illustrations and Features; Illustration Acknowledgments; Preface; Timeline of Traditional Chronology from the Birth of Muhammad to the Death of 'Ali; The Family Tree of the Prophet Muhammad according to the Traditional Biography; Part 1: The Prophet Muhammad and the Rightly Guided Caliphs; Introduction to Part 1: Historical Overview; Chapter 1: Muhammad in Mecca; Chapter 2: Muhammad in Medina; Chapter 3: The Birth of an Empire; Conclusion to Part One; Part 2: The Qur'an; Introduction to Part 2: History and Literature; Chapter 4: The Qur'an and Its Message; Chapter 5: The Qur'an and the Bible.
Contents Chapter 6: Rethinking the Biography of the Prophet; Chapter 7: The Historical Context of the Qur'an; Conclusion to Part Two; Part 3: Contemporary Perspectives; Introduction to Part 3: Classical Texts and Contemporary Religion; Chapter 8: Contemporary Muslim Narratives of Islam's Emergence; Conclusion; Glossary of Proper Names and Technical Terms; Bibliography and Further Reading; index.
Abstract This brief survey text tells the story of Islam. Gabriel Said Reynolds organizes his study in three parts in order to tell of Muhammad's early life and rise to power, of the origins and development of the Qur'an, with a distinctive, if unique, juxtaposition between the Qur'an and biblical literature, and concluding with an overview of modern and fundamentalist narratives of Islam's origin, which reveals how those who represent Islam's future begin by shaping its past.
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Issued in other formPrint version: 9780800698591
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781451408126
ISBN1451408129

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