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Title The Biography of Muḥammad : The Issue of the Sources / edited by Harald Motzki
Published Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2000

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Series Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Islamic History and Civilization ; 32
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Islamic history and civilization ; 32.
Summary This book deals with the controversial value of the sources on which the biography of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is based. Discussions on this topic have been going on for more than a century but it has become especially debated during the last two decades. This volume contains ten articles which are the outcome of an international colloquium on the issue. Part one of the book examines the development of the Muslim tradition concerning the life of Muhammad while the other part focuses on the historical reliability of the source material. The volume reflects not only the most recent methodological developments in the study of the life of Muhammad but also the improvement of its material-basis due to sources which have only recently become available or which have been neglected
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Biography -- Sources
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Biography.
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632
Islam -- History.
Islam
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Motzki, Harald, editor
LC no. 99041850
ISBN 9004452907
9789004115132
9004115137
9789004452909
Other Titles Issue of the Sources