Before Orthodoxy : : The Satanic Verses in Early Islam / / Shahab Ahmed.
A controversial episode in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Muslims now universally deny that the Satanic verses incident took place. But Muslims did not always hold this view. Shahab Ahmed uses this ca...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. How Does Truth Happen? -- 1. How to Read the Earliest Sources? -- 2. The Earliest Narrative Reports (Riwāyahs) and Their Transmitters -- 3. Why Did the Early Muslim Community Accept the Satanic Verses Incident as Truth? -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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| Summary: | A controversial episode in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Muslims now universally deny that the Satanic verses incident took place. But Muslims did not always hold this view. Shahab Ahmed uses this case to explore how religions establish truth. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674977372 9783110543315 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674977372 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Shahab Ahmed. |