Title Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men : the making of the last prophet / David S. Powers

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009] Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012 ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 357 pages) : illustrations Series Divinations. Contents pt. I. Fathers and sons -- The foundation narratives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Adoption in the Near East: from antiquity to the rise of Islam -- The abolition of adoption in early Islam -- pt. II. From sacred legend to sacred history -- The repudiation of the beloved of the messenger of God -- The battle of Mu'ta -- The martyrdom of the beloved of the messenger of God -- Pretexts and intertexts -- pt. III. Text and interpretation -- Paleography and codicology: Bibliothåque Nationale de France 328a -- Kalāla in early Islamic tradition -- Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Prophetic office. Adoption -- Religious aspects -- Islam Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) Genre/Form Dictionaries. Form Electronic book ISBN 081220557X (electronic bk.) 0812221494 (print) 9780812205572 (electronic bk.) 9780812221497 (print)

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