Studies on the life of Muhammad and the dawn of Islam : idol worshippers, Christians and Jews in pre- and early Islam / Michael Lecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lecker, Michael, author.

Series:

Collected studies

Variorum collected studies

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Relations with Jews.

Muḥammad.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Relations with Christians.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Biography.

Islam--History--To 1500.

Islam.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Relations with Christians.

Relations with Jews.

Genre:

Biographies

History

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2024.

Language Note:

In English but with some text in Arabic.

Summary:

"This volume includes twenty articles published between 1994 and 2020 on the subject of Muhammad and the history of early Islam, covered in five sections: Arabia on the Eve of Islam, Muḥammad at Medina, Muḥammad and the Jews, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq and the sīra and Studies on Early Islamic Literature. The book focuses on a variety of historical questions, from the presumed Ghassanid/Byzantine involvement in the hijra and Muḥammad's treaties with the main Jewish tribes. 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 or early Islam, which is vital for the study of Muḥammad's biography. They are conceived of as building blocks in a future, refined and critical biography of the Arabian prophet. Studies on the Life of Muḥammad and the Dawn of Islam will appeal to those interested in the history of pre- and early Islam, with an emphasis on Muḥammad's life and his relations with the Jews of Arabia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Arabia on the Eve of Islam: Pre-Islamic Arabia

The Monotheistic Cousins of Muḥammad's Wife Khadīja

Part II. Muḥammad at Medina: Were the Ghassānids and the Byzantines behind Muḥammad's hijra?

Genealogy and Politics: Muḥammad's Family Links with the Khazraj

The Emigration of 'Utba ibn Abī Waqqāṣ

Did the Quraysh Conclude a Treaty with the Anṣār Prior to the hijra?

Part III. Muḥammad and the Jews: Abū Mālik 'Abdallāh b. Sām of Kinda, a Jewish Convert to Islam

Were the Jewish Tribes in Arabia Clients of Arab Tribes?

Did Muḥammad Conclude Treaties with the Jewish Tribes Nadir, Qurayza and Qaynuqāʻ?

The Assassination of the Jewish Merchant Ibn Sunayna according to an Authentic Family Account

Were there Female Relatives of the Prophet Muḥammad among the Besieged Qurayẓa? Sukhayla and ʻĀtika

Wāqidī (d. 822) vs. Zuhrī (d. 742): The Fate of the Jewish Banū Abī l-Ḥuqayq

Part IV. Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq and the sīra:

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ṣāḥib al-sīra/ṣāḥib al-maghāzī

Muḥammad b. Isḥāq ṣāḥib al-maghāzī: Was his Grandfather Jewish?

When did Ibn Isḥāq compose his Maghāzī?

Notes about Censorship and Self-Censorship in the Biography of the Prophet Muḥammad

Part V. Studies on early Islamic Literature:

The Jewish Reaction to the Islamic Conquests

Wa-bi-Rādhān mā bi-Rādhān...: The landed Property of ʻAbdallāh ibn Masʻūd

On the Burial of Martyrs in Islam

The Futūḥ al-Shām of ʻAbdallāh b. Muḥammad b. Rabīʻa al-Qudāmī.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lecker, Michael, Studies on the life of Muhammad and the dawn of Islam

ISBN:

9781032449821

1032449829

9781032449838

1032449837

OCLC:

1378305886