{"product_id":"a-prophet-has-appeared-the-rise-of-islam-through-christian-and-jewish-eyes-a-sourcebook-9780520299603","title":"A Prophet Has Appeared: The Rise of Islam Through Christian and Jewish Eyes, a Sourcebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly Islam has emerged as a lively site of historical investigation, and scholars have challenged the traditional accounts of Islamic origins by drawing attention to the wealth of non-Islamic sources that describe the rise of Islam. \u003ci\u003eA Prophet Has Appeared\u003c\/i\u003e brings this approach to the classroom. This collection provides students and scholars with carefully selected, introduced, and annotated materials from non-Islamic sources dating to the early years of Islam. These can be read alone or alongside the Qur'an and later Islamic materials. Applying historical-critical analysis, the volume moves these invaluable sources to more equal footing with later Islamic narratives about Muhammad and the formation of his new religious movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded are new English translations of sources by twenty authors, originally written in not only Greek and Latin but also Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic and spanning a geographic range from England to Egypt and Iran. Ideal for the classroom and personal library, this sourcebook provides readers with the tools to meaningfully approach a new, burgeoning area of Islamic studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen J. Shoemaker \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Religious Studies and Ira E. Gaston Fellow in Christian Studies at the University of Oregon. He is a specialist on early Christian apocrypha, devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the rise of Islam. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of a Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Apocalypse of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50378209493266,"sku":"9780520299603","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b817371-6d06-47f0-a5e1-60512445f4b8.jpg?v=1728643649","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-prophet-has-appeared-the-rise-of-islam-through-christian-and-jewish-eyes-a-sourcebook-9780520299603","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}