Muhammad and the Origins of Islam by F E Peters

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Muhammad and the Origins of Islam by F E Peters

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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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Muhammad and the Origins of Islam by F E Peters

'Peters writes very well. The scholarship is excellent, and the book fills a gap in the available material. There are several lives of the Prophet, but none that does what this one does. Most are written to prove a particular thesis about the nature of the Prophet's career. This one simply puts down what can be known with any certainty about the career of Muhammad from the point of view of the contemporary secular historian.'- William C. Chittick

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.

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ISBN 13 9780791418765
ISBN 10 0791418766
Title Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
Author F E Peters
Series Suny Series In Near Eastern Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher State University of New York Press
Year published 1994-04-06
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.