Muhammad and the Origins of Islam (Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies) - Softcover

Peters, F. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791418766 ISBN 13: 9780791418765

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0791418766
• ISBN 13: 9780791418765
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352