Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins - Couverture rigide

Spencer, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 161017061X ISBN 13 : 9781610170611

Editeur : ISI Books, 2012

Synopsis

Are jihadists dying for a fiction? Everything you thought you knew about Islam is about to change.Did Muhammad exist?It is a question that few have thought--or dared--to ask. Virtually everyone, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, takes for granted that the prophet of Islam lived and led in seventh-century Arabia.But this widely accepted story begins to crumble on close examination, as Robert Spencer shows in his eye-opening new book.In his blockbuster bestseller "The Truth about Muhammad," Spencer revealed the shocking contents of the earliest Islamic biographical material about the prophet of Islam. Now, in "Did Muhammad Exist?," he uncovers that material's surprisingly shaky historical foundations. Spencer meticulously examines historical records, archaeological findings, and pioneering new scholarship to reconstruct what we can know about Muhammad, the Qur'an, and the early days of Islam. The evidence he presents challenges the most fundamental assumptions about Islam's origins."Did Muhammad Exist?" reveals: How the "earliest" biographical material about Muhammad dates from at least 125 years after his reported deathHow six decades passed before the Arabian conquerors--or the people they conquered--even mentioned Muhammad, the Qur'an, or IslamThe startling evidence that the Qur'an was constructed from existing materials--including pre-Islamic Christian textsHow even Muslim scholars acknowledge that countless reports of Muhammad's deeds were fabricatedWhy a famous mosque inscription may refer not to Muhammad but, astonishingly, to "Jesus"How the oldest records referring to a man named Muhammad bear little resemblance to the now-standard Islamic account of the life of the prophetThe many indications that Arabian leaders fashioned Islam for political reasonsFar from an anti-Islamic polemic, "Did Muhammad Exist?" is a sober but unflinching look at the origins of one of the world's major religions. While Judaism and Christianity have been subjected to searching historical c

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Are jihadists dying for a fiction? Everything you thought you knew about Islam is about to change.

In Did Muhammad Exist? best-selling author Robert Spencer meticulously examines historical records, archaeological findings, and pioneering new scholarship to reconstruct what can be known about Muhammad, the Quran, and the early days of Islam. He uncovers evidence that calls into question fundamental assumptions made even by non-Muslims.

Did Muhammad Exist? reveals:
• The earliest biographical material about Muhammad dates from 150 years after the traditional date of his death.
• Neither the Arab conquerors of the seventh century nor the people they conquered made any mention of Muhammad, the Quran, or Islam for fully six decades.
• Recent scholarship indicating that the Quran was constructed from existing materialsincluding a pre-Islamic Christian text.
• Numerous archaeological indications that Islam as a religion was fashioned for political reasons.

Far from an anti-Islamic polemic, Did Muhammad Exist? is a sober and unflinching look at the origins of one of the worlds major religions. While Judaism and Christianity have been subjected to searching historical criticism for more than two centuries, Islam has, astonishingly, never received the same treatment on any significant scale. In bringing to light the latest scholarship on Muhammad and Islam, Robert Spencer raises questions of global consequence.

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• Éditeur: ISI Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 161017061X
• ISBN 13: 9781610170611
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224