The Making of the Last Prophet
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The Making of the Last Prophet

A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad

  1. 281 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Making of the Last Prophet

A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad

About this book

The sacred biography of Muhammad has shaped Muslims' perceptions of the place of Islam in the religious history of the world and located the Islamic founder and prophet as the last of God's messengers. As Muslims established political control over ancient Jewish and Christian communities, they also claimed hegemony over the panorama of biblical prophets and holy men. In the eighth century, the author of the first complete biography of Muhammad set out a plan for a history of the world that culminated with the advent of Muhammad and the religion of Islam. The biography not only gave the details of Muhammad's life but also retold the stories of past prophets from an Islamic perspective. The Making of the Last Prophet is an examination of the reshaping and retelling of the biblical past to form the image of Muhammad as the "Seal" of the prophets of God. Through a translation of the reconstructed Arabic text, the sources, the form, and uses of the eighth-century biography are examined for the ways in which attitudes toward Muhammad were shaped in early Islam. The work particularly underscores the interplay of Jewish, Christian, and other Near Eastern religious ideals in the formation of Islam's notions of prophethood.

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Information

Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780872496231
9780872495524
eBook ISBN
9781643364131
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religious Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Making of the LAST PROPHET
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Creation, Adam and Eve
  10. Noah and His Issue
  11. Hud
  12. Salih
  13. Abraham, the Friend of God
  14. Lot
  15. Job
  16. Shuʿayb
  17. Joseph
  18. Moses
  19. Ezekiel
  20. Elijah
  21. Elisha and Successors
  22. Samuel b. Bali
  23. David
  24. Solomon
  25. Sheba
  26. Isaiah
  27. al-Khidr
  28. Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, and Ezra
  29. Alexander
  30. Zechariah and John
  31. The Family of ʿImran and Jesus the Son of Mary
  32. The Companions of the Cave
  33. Jonah
  34. The Three Messengers
  35. Samson
  36. George
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index
  39. Index of Quranic Citations

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