Muhammad and the Origins of Islam

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SUNY Press, 1994 M01 1 - 334 pages
An inquiry into the religious environment of the person Muslims hail as the "Envoy of God" and an attempt to trace his progress along the path from paganism to that distinctive form of monotheism called Islam.

 

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Common terms and phrases

Abd al-Muttalib Abdullah Abu Bakr Abyssinian al-Azraqi al-Hira al-Lat al-Rahman al-Uzza Allah angels Annals Apostle appears Arabs Arafat Ashura Badr Banu Banu Qurayza bedouin Byzantine called camels caravan Christian circumambulate commercial connection cult Dhu Nuwas early God's Hajj hanif Haram Hashim Hijaz Himyar Himyarites historian holy House Hubal Ibid ibn Abd Ibn al-Kalbi Ibn Ishaq 1955 idols Ishmael Islam Jewish Jews of Medina journey Jurhum Ka'ba Khazraj Khuza'a Kinana king Kister Lakhmids Lammens later Muslim Lord Mecca Meccan suras Messenger mosque Muham Muhammad Musaylima Muslim night pagan Persian pilgrimage pilgrims prayed prayer pre-Islamic Procopius Prophet Quran Quraysh Qusayy Ramadan religion of Abraham religious revelation ritual Roman Rubin sacrifice sanctuary Sasanians sent shrine sources South Arabia steppe stones suras Syria Ta'if Tabari Talib tion told took trade tribes Umar umra verse Watt Wellhausen 1897 worship Yemen Zamzam Zayd

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About the author (1994)

F. E. Peters is Professor and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature and History at New York University's Near Eastern Center. He has written a number of books, including The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Jerusalem; and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation. Most recently, he has published a three-volume history of Mecca and the celebrated Islamic pilgrimage called the Hajj.

Bibliographic information

TitleMuhammad and the Origins of Islam
SUNY series in Near Eastern studies
AuthorFrancis E. Peters
Editionillustrated
PublisherSUNY Press, 1994
ISBN0791418758, 9780791418758
Length334 pages
  
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