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  • The Quest of the Historical Muhammad and Other Studies on Formative Islam

    by Stephen J. Shoemaker ...
    The lead essay in this book is the first effort to approach the historical figure of Muhammad in a manner comparable to the investigations that biblical scholars have made in the effort to recover the historical figure of Jesus. Using comparable methods and approaches, this study demonstrates that despite a widely held belief that Islam was born "in the full light of history," we in fact know ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Death of a Prophet

    The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam

    by Stephen J. Shoemaker ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Islamic sources indicate that Muhammad survived to lead the conquest of Palestine, beginning in 634-35. Although this discrepancy has been known for several decades, Stephen J. Shoemaker here writes the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • A Prophet Has Appeared

    The Rise of Islam through Christian and Jewish Eyes, A Sourcebook

    by Stephen J. Shoemaker ...
    Early 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 ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion

    by Stephen J. Shoemaker ...
    For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. The means by which Mary, mother of Jesus, came to prominence have long remained strangely overlooked despite, or perhaps because of, her centrality in Christian devotion. Gathering together fresh information from often neglected sources, ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor

    Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Death of a Prophet

    The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam

    by Stephen J. Shoemaker ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Islamic sources indicate that Muhammad survived to lead the conquest of Palestine, beginning in 634-35. Although this discrepancy has been known for several decades, Stephen J. Shoemaker here writes the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor

    Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • The Islamic Jesus

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  • The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque

    Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam

    by Sidney H. Griffith ...
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  • The Bible in Arabic

    The Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the Language of Islam

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  • Jesus and Muhammad

    Parallel Tracks, Parallel Lives

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