{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-last-prophet-a-reconstruction-of-the-earliest-biography-of-muhammad-9780872496231","title":"The Making of the Last Prophet  A Reconstruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewby has provided us with a rich compilation of early Islamic material that is of interest both to Islamicists and to students of religion interested in hagiography, prophetology, and the development of sacred tradition. . . . This is a doubly laudable work: first, because of its reconstruction from later sources of an otherwise 'lost' eighth-century c.e. text, the first half of Sîrat Rasûl Allâh of Ibn Ishâq (d. 767); and, second, because of its rendering of the extant fragments as a continuous text presented in reliable, yet idiomatic and accessible English translation.\" ― \u003ci\u003eHistory of Religions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book's importance is enormous. No one else has worked through this opaque and largely unused material to the extent that the author has done in the present volume. . . . No one who is concerned with formative literary elements in the classical period of Islam will be able to ignore this book.\" ― Bruce Lawrence, Duke University","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49973299413335,"sku":"9780872496231","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872496231.jpg?v=1739268029","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-making-of-the-last-prophet-a-reconstruction-of-the-earliest-biography-of-muhammad-9780872496231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}