Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam
Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
1st Edition
Published on 27. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
254 pages
978-1-032-44983-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume includes 20 articles published between 1994 and 2020 on the subject of Mu?ammad and the history of early Islam, covered in five sections: Arabia on the Eve of Islam, Mu?ammad at Medina, Mu?ammad and the Jews, Mu?ammad ibn Is?aq and the sira and studies on early Islamic literature.
The book focuses on a variety of historical questions, from the presumed Ghassanid/Byzantine involvement in the hijra to Mu?ammad's treaties with the main Jewish tribes of Yathrib/Medina. Predilection for detail, especially in the realms of genealogy and geography, is a salient characteristic of Lecker's research, which in recent years has been increasingly based on digitized text repositories. Many of the articles deal with the social and economic environment of early Islam, which is vital for the study of Mu?ammad's biography. They are conceived of as building blocks in a future critical biography of the Arabian prophet.
Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam will appeal to those interested in the history of pre- and early Islam, with an emphasis on Mu?ammad's life and his relations with the Jews of Arabia.
The book focuses on a variety of historical questions, from the presumed Ghassanid/Byzantine involvement in the hijra to Mu?ammad's treaties with the main Jewish tribes of Yathrib/Medina. Predilection for detail, especially in the realms of genealogy and geography, is a salient characteristic of Lecker's research, which in recent years has been increasingly based on digitized text repositories. Many of the articles deal with the social and economic environment of early Islam, which is vital for the study of Mu?ammad's biography. They are conceived of as building blocks in a future critical biography of the Arabian prophet.
Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam will appeal to those interested in the history of pre- and early Islam, with an emphasis on Mu?ammad's life and his relations with the Jews of Arabia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
3 Halftones, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-44983-8 (9781032449838)
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Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam
Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
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Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam
Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
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10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
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Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam
Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
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10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
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Michael Lecker is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on pre- and early Islamic history, the biography of the Prophet Mu?ammad and the Jews of the Arabian Peninsula.
Content
1 Pre-Islamic Arabia / 2 The Monotheistic Cousins of Mu?ammad's Wife Khadija / 3 Were the Ghassanids and the Byzantines behind Mu?ammad's hijra? / 4 Genealogy and Politics: Mu?ammad's Family Links with the Khazraj / 5 The Emigration of ?Utba ibn Abi Waqqa?6 Did the Quraysh Conclude a Treaty with the An?ar Prior to the hijra? / 7 Abu Malik ?Abdallah b. Sam of Kinda, a Jewish Convert to Islam / 8 Were the Jewish Tribes in Arabia Clients of Arab Tribes? / 9 Did Mu?ammad Conclude Treaties with the Jewish Tribes Na?ir, Quray?a and Qaynuqa?? / 10 The Assassination of the Jewish Merchant Ibn Sunayna according to an Authentic Family Account / 11 Were there Female Relatives of the Prophet Mu?ammad among the Besieged Quray?a? / 12 Waqidi (d. 822) vs. Zuhri (d. 742): The Fate of the Jewish Banu Abi l-?uqayq / 13 Mu?ammad ibn Is?aq ?a?ib al-sira/?a?ib al-maghazi / 14 Mu?ammad b. Is?aq ?a?ib al-maghazi: Was his Grandfather Jewish? / 15 When did Ibn Is?aq compose his maghazi ? / 16 Notes about Censorship and Self-Censorship in the Biography of the Prophet Mu?ammad / 17 The Jewish Reaction to the Islamic Conquests / 18 Wa-bi-Radhan ma bi-Radhan...: The landed Property of ?Abdallah ibn Mas?ud / 19 On the Burial of Martyrs in Islam / 20 The Futu? al-Sham of ?Abdallah b. Mu?ammad b. Rabi?a al-Qudami