People, Tribes and Society in Arabia Around the Time of Muhammad |
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| Author:
| Lecker, Michael |
| Series title: | Variorum Collected Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-86078-963-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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The emergence of Islam has in recent years become a matter of heated debate, mainly because Islamic historiography is a battle-field of contradictory versions of the past. In this second collection of studies, several of which appear here for the first time, Michael Lecker distances himself from the clash of theories, concentrating instead on several basic issues belonging to the preparatory work that still remains to be done on the social and economic environment in which Islam emerged.
The emergence of Islam has in recent years become a matter of heated debate, mainly because Islamic historiography is a battle-field of contradictory versions of the past. In this second collection of studies, several of which appear here for the first time, Michael Lecker distances himself from the clash of theories, concentrating instead on several basic issues belonging to the preparatory work that still remains to be done on the social and economic environment in which Islam emerged.