{"product_id":"before-and-after-muhammad-the-first-millennium-refocused-paperback-1","title":"Before and After Muhammad: The First Millennium Refocused - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGarth Fowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new historical framework integrating Islam into European and Asian history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIslam emerged amid flourishing Christian and Jewish cultures, yet students of Antiquity and the Middle Ages mostly ignore it. Despite intensive study of late Antiquity over the last fifty years, even generous definitions of this period have reached only the eighth century, whereas Islam did not mature sufficiently to compare with Christianity or rabbinic Judaism until the tenth century. \u003ci\u003eBefore and After Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e suggests a new way of thinking about the historical relationship between the scriptural monotheisms, integrating Islam into European and West Asian history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarth Fowden identifies the whole of the First Millennium--from Augustus and Christ to the formation of a recognizably Islamic worldview by the time of the philosopher Avicenna--as the proper chronological unit of analysis for understanding the emergence and maturation of the three monotheistic faiths across Eurasia. Fowden proposes not just a chronological expansion of late Antiquity but also an eastward shift in the geographical frame to embrace Iran. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBefore and After Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e, Fowden looks at Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alongside other important developments in Greek philosophy and Roman law, to reveal how the First Millennium was bound together by diverse exegetical traditions that nurtured communities and often stimulated each other.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBefore and After Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e refocuses the chronological and geographical lenses through which historians view developments during the seminal period between ancient and medieval history in the West. Fowden writes clearly and convincingly. His research is thorough and his thesis is compelling.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sidney H. Griffith, Catholic University of America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fowden presents a powerful and compelling new model for an integrated view of late antique and early medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim history that replaces traditional distinctions between East and West. \u003ci\u003eBefore and After Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious book, one that has the potential to shift fundamental paradigms.\"\u003cb\u003e--Anthony Kaldellis, Ohio State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarth Fowden is Research Director at the Institute of Historical Research, National Research Foundation, Athens, and Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths at the University of Cambridge. His books include \"The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind\" and \"Empire to Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity\" (both Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586032930912,"sku":"9780691168401","price":60.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/a0F2aGkwSVQ5RzA0VDZhbEZ0aFdHdz09.webp?v=1771073732","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/before-and-after-muhammad-the-first-millennium-refocused-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}