{"product_id":"a-prophet-has-appeared-the-rise-of-islam-through-christian-and-jewish-eyes-a-sourcebook-9780520299603","title":"A Prophet Has Appeared The Rise of Islam through","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. A Prophet Has Appeared 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. Applying 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.   Included are new English translations of sources by twenty authors, originally written in not only Greek and Latin but also Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic and spanning a geographic range from England to Egypt and Iran. Ideal for the classroom and personal library, this sourcebook provides readers with the tools to meaningfully approach a new, burgeoning area of Islamic studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A marvel of concision and originality; best of all, it is readily accessible to the general reader. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Prophet Has Appeared\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most readable and exciting books in Islamic history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Middle East Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Indeed, Shoemaker provides one of the most cohesive alternative visions to the emergence of Islam.\u003ci\u003e A Prophet Has Appeared\u003c\/i\u003e is a pivotal piece of this vision.\" * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This sourcebook is a valuable contribution to reliable historical data concerning theologically based approaches to the rise of Islam.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an excellent book and essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Islam during its formative period.\" * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Teaching of Jacob the Newly Baptized \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Synodical Letter, Homily on the Nativity, and Homily on Epiphany\u003cbr\u003e Sophronius of Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 A Syriac Fragment Concerning the Believers' Invasion of Syria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Letter 14\u003cbr\u003e Maximus the Confessor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Chronicle \u003cbr\u003e Thomas the Presbyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Armenian Chronicle of 661 attributed to Sebeos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Spiritual Meadow, Appendix to the Georgian Version\u003cbr\u003e John Moschus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 Homily on the End-Times\u003cbr\u003e Ps.-Ephrem the Syrian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 Letter 14C\u003cbr\u003e Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 Edifying Tales, Homily on the Lord’s Passion, The Hodegos, and Questions and Answers\u003cbr\u003e Anastasius of Sinai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11 The Khuzistan Chronicle \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 The Apocalypse of Rabbi Shimʿōn b. Yohai, The Secrets of Rabbi Shimʿōn b. Yohai \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13 Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer 30 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14 The Maronite Chronicle \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15 On the Holy Places \u003cbr\u003e Adomnán \/ Arculf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16 The Apocalypse of Ps.-Shenoute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17 The Book of Main Points \u003cbr\u003e John Bar Penkaye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 18 Fourth Letter to John the Stylite\u003cbr\u003e Jacob of Edessa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19 The Passion of Peter of Capitolias \u003cbr\u003e 20 Excerpts from a Lost Seventh-Century Greek Source,\u003cbr\u003e The Chronicle of Theophanes, The Chronicle of Agapius,\u003cbr\u003e The Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, and The Chronicle of 1234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402911588695,"sku":"9780520299603","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-prophet-has-appeared-the-rise-of-islam-through-christian-and-jewish-eyes-a-sourcebook-9780520299603","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}