{"product_id":"a-prophet-has-appeared-by-stephen-j-shoemaker-9780520299610","title":"A Prophet Has Appeared","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly Islam has emerged as a lively site of historical investigation, and scholars have challenged the traditional accounts of Islamic origins by drawing attention to the wealth of non-Islamic sources that describe the rise of Islam. \u003cem\u003eA Prophet Has Appeared\u003c\/em\u003e brings this approach to the classroom. This collection provides students and scholars with carefully selected, introduced, and annotated materials from non-Islamic sources dating to the early years of Islam. These can be read alone or alongside the Qur'an and later Islamic materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApplying historical-critical analysis, the volume moves these invaluable sources to more equal footing with later Islamic narratives about Muhammad and the formation of his new religious movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded are new English translations of sources by twenty authors, originally written not only in Greek and Latin but also Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic, spanning a geographic range from England to Egypt and Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for the classroom and personal library, this sourcebook provides readers with the tools to meaningfully approach a new, burgeoning area of Islamic studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595692654828,"sku":"9780520299610","price":121.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520299610-a-prophet-has-appeared.jpg?v=1777902684","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-prophet-has-appeared-by-stephen-j-shoemaker-9780520299610","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}