The Historical Muhammad

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3999-4

Paperback

184 pages

March 2007, Polity

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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Major new book by one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of religion
Seeks to place the life of Muhammad in the social, historical and religious context of his time, and thereby shed light on the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary founder
A balanced critical comparison of alternative and even conflicting points of view regarding Muhammad’s vision and process in establishing the Islamic religion and the Muslim community
Highly accessible and illuminating account of the Prophet Muhammad and the foundation of the Muslim religion