Misquoting Muhammad : the challenge and choices of interpreting the Prophet's legacy / Jonathan A.C. Brown.
Author
- Brown, Jonathan (Jonathan A. C.) [author]
Other titles
- EBL.
Published
- London, England : Oneworld 2014
Physical description
1 online resource (xxii, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (some colour), map.
ISBN
- 9781780744216
- 1780744218
- 9781780744209
- 178074420X
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.
- Other format: Also issued online.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed September 30, 2015).
Contents
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on dates, transliteration, abbreviations and citations; 1 The Problem(s) with Islam; 2 A Map of the Islamic Interpretive Tradition; 3 The Fragile Truth of Scripture; 4 Clinging to the Canon in a Ruptured World; 5 Muslim Martin Luthers and the Paradox of Tradition; 6 Lying about the Prophet of God; 7 When Scripture Can't Be True; Appendix I Marracci and Ockley on Aisha's Marriage to the Prophet; Appendix II Hadiths on a Parent Killing His Child; Appendix III The Hadith of Riba and Incest; Appendix IV The Hadith of the Seventy-Two Virgins
- NotesSelect Bibliography; Illustrations; Foreword
Subject
- Muḥammad Prophet -632.
- Muhạmmad Prophet d. 632.
- Muḥammad Prophet -632.
- Muḥammad approximately 570-632
- Muḥammad Prophet -632
- Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
- Qurʼan.
- Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
- Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
- Islam Customs and practices History.
- Hadith Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
- Islamic civilization History.
- Islam and civil society.
- Hadith.
- Islam and civil society.
- Islam Customs and practices.
- Islamic civilization.
- Islam -- History.
- Muhạmmad, -- Prophet, -- -632.
- Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
- Hadith Authorities.
- Islamic civilization.
- Islam.
- Islamic civilization 21st century.
- Hadith Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
- Islam and civil society.
- Civilization, Islamic.
- Religion.
- Hadith Authorities.
- Islam Customs and practices History.
- Islamic civilization.
- History of religion
- Islam
- Islam History
Other names
Related item
- Print version:: Brown, Jonathan A.C. Misquoting Muhammad : The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet''s Legacy New York : Oneworld Publications,c2014 ; ISBN: 9781780744209
Genre
- Bibliography
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- History.
- Illustrated
- still image
- text
Language
- English
Internet Resources
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Summary
- Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion's founding moments. They were developed over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars.Misquoting Muhammad takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view i.
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| Location of copy | Shelfmark | Online location | Holdings Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aga Khan Library, London: Main reading room | BP161.3 .B765 2014 | ||
| University of the Arts, London: London College of Communication, Main collection | 296.63 BRO | ||
| University of Bradford: J B Priestley Library - Floor 2 | 297.12509 BRO | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | YC.2016.a.293 | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | YC.2016.a.4571 | ||
| University of Cambridge Libraries: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Library: Main Library | A 13 172 | ||
| University of Cambridge Libraries: University Library: North Front 6 follow signs to North Staircase, Sixth Floor | 636:2.c.201.68 | ||
| Cardiff University Libraries: Arts & Social Studies Library: 3 day | BP161.3.B7 | ||
| Coventry University: Ground Floor | 297.12509 | ||
| University of Edinburgh Libraries: New College Library (STANDARD LOAN) | BP161.3 Bro. | ||
| University of Exeter Library | Online location | Available online via EBL. Please log in using your Exeter IT login, if prompted. | |
| King's College London Library | Online location | ||
| University of Leeds Library: Edward Boyle Library, level 12 | Sociology H-5 BRO | ||
| University of Leeds Library: Laidlaw Library, level 3 | Sociology H-5 BRO | ||
| The London Library: London Library | H. Islamic World | ||
| National Library of Scotland: General Reading Room, Edinburgh (stored offsite) | HB2.215.1.115 | ||
| National Library of Scotland: General Reading Room, Edinburgh (stored offsite) | PB5.215.1276/3 | ||
| National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: Contact the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | PRINT 2015 LDA 13044 | ||
| National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: Contact the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | PRINT 2014 LDB 23490 | ||
| University of Nottingham Libraries: Hallward Library | |||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Islamic Studies Library | BP174. BRO | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Oriental Institute Library: Nizami Ganjavi Library | BP161.3.B765 BRO 2014 Ref. | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library | Week 02 (16) | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Pembroke College Library | Z/BRO | ||
| Queen Mary University of London Library: Mile End Library | BP161.3 BRO | ORDINARY | |
| Royal Holloway, University of London: Royal Holloway library | Davison High Use One Week 297.12509 BRO | ||
| Royal Holloway, University of London: Contact the Library | Ebook Central DDA | ||
| SOAS Library, University of London | Online location | Connect to electronic book via Ebook Central. | |
| Trinity College Dublin Library: Santry Book Repository | SHL-139-536 | ||
| Trinity College Dublin Library: Santry Book Repository | PB-373-671 | ||
| University of Warwick Library: Main Library | BP161.3.B765 | ||
| University of York Libraries: University Library: Morrell - Ordinary | C 97.12 BRO |