The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad: 21 (Library of Arabic Literature) - Tapa dura

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Rashid, Ma'mar Ibn

 
9780814769638: The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad: 21 (Library of Arabic Literature)
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ISBN 10: 0814769632 ISBN 13: 9780814769638
Editorial: NYU Press, 2014

Sinopsis

The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era. Its
primary author, Ma'mar ibn Rashid (714/96-770/153), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Qur'an. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Ma'mar to his most prominent pupil, 'Abd al-Razzaq of Sana'a, relating Muhammad's early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East.

Edited from a sole surviving manuscript, the Arabic text offers numerous improved readings over those of previous editions, including detailed notes on the text's transmission and variants as found in later works. This new translation, which renders the original into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages.

The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims' memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire.

A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

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Maʿmar ibn Rāshid (96-153/714-770) was originally a Persian slave from Basra who traveled extensively trading wares for the Azd tribe. Thanks to his nomadic profession and his dealings with the court of the Umayyad caliphs, he became acquainted with―and ultimately the pupil of―one of the greatest Muslim scholars of his generation, Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī (d. 124/742).

Sean W. Anthony is Assistant Professor of History at University of Oregon. His books include The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Saba and the Origins of Shiism and Crucifixion and the Spectacle of Death: Umayyad Crucifixion in its Late Antique Context. His research and publications focus on the emergence of Islam and the origins of its sacred and sectarian traditions.

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Editorial
NYU Press
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0814769632
ISBN 13 
9780814769638
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Número de páginas
420
Editor
Anthony Sean W.
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9781479816828: The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muḥammad: 20 (Library of Arabic Literature)

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ISBN 10:  1479816825 ISBN 13:  9781479816828
Editorial: NYU Press, 2015
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