Faces of Muhammad : Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today /

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Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of Muhammad0In European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren't the only images of the Prophet of Islam that emerge from Western history. Commentators have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tolan, John Victor, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Muḥammad, > Prophet, > -632.
Islam.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
RELIGION > Islam > History.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Mahomet the Idol; CHAPTER 2. Trickster and Heresiarch; CHAPTER 3. Pseudoprophet of the Moors; CHAPTER 4. Prophet of the Turks; CHAPTER 5. Republican Revolutionary in Renaissance England; CHAPTER 6. The Enlightenment Prophet: Reformer and Legislator; CHAPTER 7. Lawgiver, Statesman, Hero: The Romantics' Prophet; CHAPTER 8. A Jewish Muhammad? The View from Jewish Communities of Nineteenth-Century Central Europe; CHAPTER 9. Prophet of an Abrahamic Faith; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index

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