The Prophet of Islam in Old French : The Romance of Muhammad (1258) and The Book of Muhammad's Ladder (1264)

Reginald Hyatte

ISBN 10: 9004107029 / ISBN 13: 9789004107021

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Apr 1997, 1997

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Neuware - The Prophet of Islam in Old French gives the first English translation of the only medieval French narratives that present comprehensive accounts of Muhammad's prophethood: Alexandre du Pont's Romance of Muhammad from 1258 and the 1264 translation of a Muslim apocalypse, The Book of Muhammad's Ladder.The introduction addresses the problems of the romance's divergence from conventional Christian representations of Muhammad's confirmation as prophet and the absence of Christian commentary in the apocalypse. It discusses the traditions regarding Muhammad's prophethood, the conventions of the apocalyptic genre, and the propagandistic aims of both narratives in relation to the crusades and missionary activity at that time.These works are of particular interest because they are the first to present to a French lay audience the topic of Muhammad's prophethood, and scholars have long debated whether the apocalypse influenced Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Prophet of Islam in Old French : The Romance of Muhammad (1258) and The Book of Muhammad's Ladder (1264)
• Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Apr 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004107029
• ISBN 13: 9789004107021
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 14D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 484 grams

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Synopsis

The Prophet of Islam in Old French gives the first English translation of the only medieval French narratives that present comprehensive accounts of Muhammad's prophethood: Alexandre du Pont's Romance of Muhammad from 1258 and the 1264 translation of a Muslim apocalypse, The Book of Muhammad's Ladder.
The introduction addresses the problems of the romance's divergence from conventional Christian representations of Muhammad's confirmation as prophet and the absence of Christian commentary in the apocalypse. It discusses the traditions regarding Muhammad's prophethood, the conventions of the apocalyptic genre, and the propagandistic aims of both narratives in relation to the crusades and missionary activity at that time.
These works are of particular interest because they are the first to present to a French lay audience the topic of Muhammad's prophethood, and scholars have long debated whether the apocalypse influenced Dante's Divine Comedy.

About the Author

Reginald Hyatte, Ph.D. (1971) in Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa. He published previously The Arts of Friendship (Brill, 1994), Laughter for the Devil, and L'Harmonie des sphères.