Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad, d. ca. 768.,

The making of the last prophet : a reconstruction of the earliest biography of Muhammad / [print] reconstructed] by Gordon Darnell Newby. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)1989. - xi, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Translation of first section of: Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah.



Creation, Adam and Eve -- Noah and his issue -- Hud -- Salih -- Abraham, the friend of God -- Lot -- Job -- Shu'ayb -- Joseph -- Moses -- Ezekiel -- Elijah -- Elisha and successors -- Samuel born Bali -- David -- Solomon -- Sheba -- Isaiah -- al-Khidr -- Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, and Ezra -- Alexander -- Zechariah and John -- The family of 'Imran and Jesus the son of Mary -- The companions of the cave -- Jonah -- The three messengers -- Samson -- George.

Retells the stories of past prophets from an Islamic perspective and underscores the interplay of Jewish, Christian and other Near Eastern religious ideals in the formation of Islam's notions of prophethood.



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Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632.


Bible--Islamic interpretations.


Prophets, Pre-Islamic.
Islamic legends.

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