A Prophet Has Appeared: The Rise of Islam through Christian and Jewish Eyes, A Sourcebook

Early 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. A Prophet Has Appeared 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 alo...