NARRATIVES OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS by Fred M. Donner ( 9783959941105 )

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NARRATIVES OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAMIC HISTORICAL WRITING

By:

Fred M. Donner

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3959941102

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Publisher:

GERLACH PRESS

Pub. date:

31 January, 2021

Edition:

2 ed

Series:

SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

Pages:

358

Description:

How and why did Muslims first come to write their own history? The author argues in this work that the Islamic historical tradition arose not out of idle curiosity, or through imitation of antique models, but as a response to a variety of challenges facing the Islamic community during its first several centuries.

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