Powers, David Stephan.

Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men the making of the last prophet / [electronic resource] : Muhammad is not the father of any of your men David S. Powers. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009. - xvi, 357 p. : ill. - Divinations : rereading late ancient religion . - Divinations. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Fathers and sons -- The foundation narratives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Adoption in the Near East: from antiquity to the rise of Islam -- The abolition of adoption in early Islam -- Pt. II. From sacred legend to sacred history -- The repudiation of the beloved of the messenger of God -- The battle of Mu'ta -- The martyrdom of the beloved of the messenger of God -- Pretexts and intertexts -- Pt. III. Text and interpretation -- Paleography and codicology: Bibliothåque Nationale de France 328a -- Kalāla in early Islamic tradition -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632 --Prophetic office.


Adoption--Religious aspects--Islam.
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)


Electronic books.

BP166.5 / .P69 2009

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