At the Origins of Islam; Muḥammad, the Community of the Qur'ān, and the Transformation of the Bedouin World

ISBN-13: 9781800796584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 274 str.

James Moreton Wakeley

Opis

At the Origins of Islam: Muhammad, the Community of the Qur an, and the Transformation of the Bedouin World unites the near and far horizons of early Islam into one story. It embraces a broad range of sources and comparative evidence to set new courses in the study of Late Antiquity and early Islam.

Spis treści

Contents: A World Made Anew ... - Muhammad at Medina - The Community of the Qur an - Approaching the Bedouin - Muhammad and the Neighbouring Desert Arabs - The Origins of the Islamic State - The Near East before Muhammad - The Transformation of the Bedouin World - Arabia in the Last Great War of Antiquity - The Accident of Late Antiquity.

O autorze

James Moreton Wakeley received a D.Phil in History from Lincoln College, Oxford, after previously studying Classics at Clare College, Cambridge. His previous publications include The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity: The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective. His research interests range from the later Roman world, to nomadism on the Great Steppe and the formation of the modern Middle East.