Muhammad
A Very Short Introduction
$29.35
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2011
Summary
As the founder of Islam, Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. The furor surrounding The Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoon crisis reminded the world of the tremendous importance of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Learning about his life and understanding its importance, however, has always proven difficult.
Our knowledge of Muhammad comes from the biography of him written by his followers, but Western historians have questioned the reliability of thi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199559282 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199559287 |
| Author: | Jonathan A.C. Brown |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 107mm x 171mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
`‘This is a masterful treatmentinformed by first rate scholarship yet engaging, accessible, and distinctively different from previous books on Muhammad.“John L. Esposito, Georgetown University, and author of ‘The Future of Islam’
Jonathan A.C. Brown
Jonathan A.C. Brown is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Washington. He has studied and conducted research in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran. He has published in the fields of Hadith, Islamic law, Sufism, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry.
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