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Muhammad and the Believers: at the origins of Islam

Muhammad and the Believers: at the origins of Islam
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ISBN 0674050975 (hbk.)
9780674050976 (hbk.)
Author Donner, Fred McGraw 1945-
Title Muhammad and the Believers : at the origins of Islam / [by] Fred M. Donner
Publisher Cambridge, MA ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010
Physical desc. xviii, 280 p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-255) and index.
Contents The Near East on the eve of Islam. The empires of the late antique Near East -- Arabia between the Great Powers -- Mecca and Yathrib (Medina) -- Muhammad and the Believers’ Movement. The traditional biography of Muhammad the Prophet -- The problem of sources -- The character of the early Believers’ Movement -- The expansion of the Community of Believers. Sources -- The Community in the last years of Muhammad’s life -- Succession to Muhammad and the Ridda Wars -- The character of the Believers’ early expansion -- The course and scope of the early expansion -- The struggle for leadership of the Community 34-73/655-692. Background of the First Civil War -- The course of the first Civil War (35-40/656-661) -- Between civil wars (40-60/661-680) -- The Second Civil War (60-73/680-692) -- Reflections on the civil wars -- The emergence of Islam. The Umayyad restoration and return to the imperial agenda -- The redefinition of key terms -- Emphasis on Muhammad and the Qur’an -- The problem of the Trinity -- Elaboration of Islamic cultic practices -- Elaboration of the Islamic origins story -- The coalescence of an "Arab" political identity -- Official vs. popular change -- Appendix A: The Umma document -- Appendix B: Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
Person as subject Muhammad -- Prophet -632
Subject Islam -- Origin
Islam -- History
Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661
Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750
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