Muhammad and the believers : at the origins of Islam /
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| Author / Creator: | Donner, Fred McGraw, 1945- author. |
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| Edition: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12407291 |
Table of 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
- Consolidation and institutions of the early expansion era
- The struggle for leadership of the Community 34-73/655-692. Backgroundof 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.