Muhammad's Mission : Religion, Politics, and Power at the Birth of Islam / Tilman Nagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagel, Tilman, author.

Contributor:

Spoerl, Joseph.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Muḥammad.

Qurʼan.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 326 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Mecca

Chapter 2: The "Year of the Elephant"

Chapter 3: Purity

Chapter 4: The "Lord of the Dog Star"

Chapter 5: The "Satanic Verses"

Chapter 6: Moses and Pharaoh

Chapter 7: The Expulsion

Chapter 8: The Pagan Prophet

Chapter 9: War against Mecca

Chapter 10: The Bid for Power

Chapter 11: The Occupation of Mecca

Chapter 12: Jihad

Chapter 13: The Dying Prophet

Chapter 14: The Return of Muhammad

Chapter 15: The Roots of "Knowledge"

Chapter 16: "Knowledge" without History

Chapter 17: The Eternal Role Model

Chapter 18: The Dogmatization of the Figure of the Prophet

Chapter 19: The Birthday of the Prophet

Chapter 20: The Guarantor of Salvation in This World

Appendix 1: Muhammad and his Position in Ancient Arab Genealogy

Appendix 2: The State of Scholarship regarding the Life of Muhammad

Appendix 3: Understanding or Imitation? Basic Varieties of Muslim Recollection of Muhammad

Clarification of a Few Concepts (A Brief Glossary)

Annotations

General Index

Index of Koranic citations

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

311067498X

9783110674989

Publisher Number:

40030144180

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.