The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad (Cambridge Companions to Religion) PDF
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thecambridgecompanion to MUH. AMMAD AstheMessengerofGod,Muh.ammadstandsattheheartoftheIslamic religion, revered by Muslims throughout the world. The Cambridge Companion to Muh.ammad comprises a collection of essays by some of the most accomplished scholars in the field who are exploring the life and legacy of the Prophet. The book is divided into three parts, thefirstchartinghisbiographyandthemilieuintowhichhewasborn, therevelationoftheQur(cid:2)a¯n,andhisroleintheearlyMuslimcommu- nity. The second part assesses his legacy as a lawmaker, philosopher, andpolitician.Inthethirdpart,chaptersexaminehowMuh.ammadhas beenrememberedacrosshistoryinbiography,prose,poetry,and,most recently, in film and fiction. Essays are written to engage and inform students,teachers,andreaderscomingtothesubjectforthefirsttime. Theywillcomeawaywithadeeperappreciationofthebreadthofthe Islamic tradition, of the centrality of the role of the Prophet in that tradition,and,indeed,ofwhatitmeanstobeaMuslimtoday. JonathanE.Brockoppisassociateprofessorofhistoryandreligiousstud- iesatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.AspecialistonearlyIslamiclegal texts, he has written widely on Islamic law, ethics, and comparative religions.HisbooksincludeEarlyMa¯likı¯Law:Ibn(cid:3)Abdal-H.akamand His Major Compendium of Jurisprudence (2000); Judaism and Islam in Practice: A Sourcebook (2000,coauthored with Jacob Neusner and Tamara Sonn); and two edited volumes on Islamic ethics. His arti- cle “Theorizing Charismatic Authority in Early Islamic Law” (2005) advances a new theory for understanding the role of Muh.ammad in Islamichistory. Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 cambridgecompanions toreligion Thisisaseriesofcompanionstomajortopicsandkeyfiguresintheologyand religiousstudies.Eachvolumecontainsspeciallycommissionedchaptersby internationalscholarsthatprovideanaccessibleandstimulatingintroduction tothesubjectfornewreadersandnonspecialists. Othertitlesintheseries americanjudaism EditedbyDanaEvanKaplan karlbarth EditedbyJohnWebster thebible,2ndedition EditedbyBruceChilton biblicalinterpretation EditedbyJohnBarton dietrichbonhoeffer EditedbyJohndeGruchy johncalvin EditedbyDonaldK.McKim christian doctrine EditedbyColinGunton christian ethics EditedbyRobinGill christian philosophical theology EditedbyCharlesTaliaferroandChadV.Meister jonathan edwards EditedbyStephenJ.Stein feministtheology EditedbySusanFrankParsons thejesuits EditedbyThomasWorcester jesus EditedbyMarkusBockmuehl liberationtheology EditedbyChrisRowland martinluther EditedbyDonaldK.McKim medievaljewishphilosophy EditedbyDanielH.FrankandOliverLeaman modernjewishphilosophy EditedbyMichaelL.MorganandPeterEliGordon postmoderntheology EditedbyKevinJ.Vanhoozer ContinuedaftertheIndex Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 the cambridge companion to MUHAMMAD . Edited by Jonathan E. Brockopp PennsylvaniaStateUniversity Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore, Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,Tokyo CambridgeUniversityPress 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usa www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521713726 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2010 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2010 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata TheCambridgecompaniontoMuhammad/editedbyJonathanE.Brockopp. p. cm.– (Cambridgecompanionstoreligion) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-0-521-88607-9(hardback)–isbn978-0-521-71372-6(pbk.) 1.Muhammad,Prophet,d.632–Biography–Historyandcriticism I.Brockopp, JonathanE.,1962– II.Title. III.Series. bp75.3.c36 2010 297.6(cid:2)3–dc22 2009039058 isbn978-0-521-88607-9Hardback isbn978-0-521-71372-6Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtoin thispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis, orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 Thisbookisdedicatedto GerhardBo¨wering, scholar,teacher,andfriend Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010 Contents Listoffigures pagexi Listofmaps xiii Notesoncontributors xv Introduction 1 jonathane.brockopp PartI Muh.ammadinhisworld 1 TheArabiancontextofMuh.ammad’slife 21 walida.saleh 2 Muh.ammad’smessageinMecca:warnings,signs,and miracles 39 urirubin 3 GlimpsesofMuh.ammad’sMedinandecade 61 michaellecker PartII Muh.ammadinhistory 4 TheProphetaslawgiverandlegalauthority 83 josephe.lowry 5 Personalpiety 103 robertgleave 6 Muh.ammadasthepoleofexistence 123 carlw.ernst 7 TheProphetMuh.ammadinritual 139 marionholmeskatz 8 Muslimphilosophers’rationalistexplanationof Muh.ammad’sprophecy 158 frankgriffel 9 Whereearthandheavenmeet:rememberingMuh.ammadas headofstate 180 asmaafsaruddin ix Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2010
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