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Author Powers, David Stephan.

Title Muhammad is not the father of any of your men [electronic resource] : the making of the last prophet / David S. Powers.

Imprint Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 357 p. : ill.
Series Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
Divinations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pt. I. Fathers and sons -- The foundation narratives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Adoption in the Near East: from antiquity to the rise of Islam -- The abolition of adoption in early Islam -- Pt. II. From sacred legend to sacred history -- The repudiation of the beloved of the messenger of God -- The battle of Mu'ta -- The martyrdom of the beloved of the messenger of God -- Pretexts and intertexts -- Pt. III. Text and interpretation -- Paleography and codicology: Bibliothaque Nationale de France 328a -- Kalala in early Islamic tradition -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Muhammad, Prophet, -632 -- Prophetic office.
Adoption -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Muhammad is not the father of any of your men
ISBN 9780812241785 (alk. paper)
0812241789 (alk. paper)
9780812221497
9780812205572 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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