The Biography of Muhammad : the issue of the sources / edited by Harald Motzki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Motzki, Harald.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization 0929-2403 ; v. 32.

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Biography.

Muḥammad.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Biography--Sources.

Genre:

Biographies.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Brill, 2000.

Contents:

I. The Development of the Sira Tradition

1 The Life of Muhammad and the Islamic Self-Image / Uri Rubin 3

2 Sira and Tafsir: Muhammad al-Kalbi on the Jews of Medina / Marco Scholler 18

3 Sira and the Question of Tradition / Adrien Leites 49

4 Musa b. Uqba's Maghazi / Gregor Schoeler 67

5 "Sirat Ahl al-Kisa'". Early Shi'i Sources on the Biography of the Prophet / Maher Jarrar 98

II. The Historical Reliability of Biographical Source Material

6 Did the Quraysh Conclude a Treaty with the Ansar Prior to the Hijra? / Michael Lecker 157

7 The Murder of Ibn Abi l-Huqayq: On the Origin and Reliability of some Maghazi-Reports / Harald Motzki 170

8 The Historical Tradition about al-Hudaybiya. A Study of 'Urwa b. al-Zubayr's Account / Andreas Gorke 240

9 The Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad: An Appraisal / Robert G. Hoyland 276

10 Muhammad in the Qur'an: Reading Scripture in the 21st Century / Andrew Rippin 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004115137

OCLC:

41977379