Biography Muhammad Issue Sources (4 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is bright and unmarked, front lower right corner minimally creased, unclipped; red cloth boards, gilt titling bright, corners sharp; binding is tight; pages are unmarked. ; Islamic History & Civilization; 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches; 332 pages.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ex Library book and has stickers or markings as such. NO writing or markings other then from the library, All pages intact and clean, shows minor signs of wear from use. Great reading copy, Save money and recycle books! Shipped with care in a bubble mailer. --- Edited by Harald Motzki, this collection of ten essays comes from a colloquium held at the University of Nijmegen in October 1997. The contributors look at whether the early Arabic sources can be used to reconstruct the life of the Prophet. The editor's introduction sets out the problem: a biography written from the sources is attacked as uncritical, yet a strictly critical reading seems to leave too little to build one. The essays fall into two parts of five each. The first follows how the sira tradition developed, and the second tests how historically reliable the biographical material is. Some contributors draw on sources that have only recently become available or have been overlooked. The volume includes a bibliography, an index and illustrations. Ex-Library.…

Condition: Good. Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Clean jacket with no tears (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); Red dust jacket with braid patterns, and title in white lettering; 2000, Brill Academic Publishers; 334 pages; "The Biography of Muhammad: The Issue of the Sources (Islamic History and Civilization)," by H. Motzki & Harald Motzki.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 330 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.