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Medieval Latin lives of Muhammad edited and translated by Julian Yolles and Jessica Weiss.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Latin Original language: Latin Series: Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 51.Publication details: Cambridge Harvard University Press 2018Description: xli, 664 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780674980730
  • 0674980735
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • BP 75.3 MED
LOC classification:
  • BP 75.3 MED
Contents:
Introduction -- Historia de Mohamet = History of Muhammad -- Tultusceptru de libro Domini Metobii = Tultusceptru, from the Book of Lord Metobius -- Theophanis Chronographia = Chronicle of Theophanes / Anastasius the Librarian -- Vita Mahumeti = Life of Muhammad / Embrico of Mainz -- Otia de Machomete = Poetic pastimes on Muhammad / Walter of Compiègne -- Life of Muhammad / Adelphus -- Apology of al-Kindi -- Liber Nycholay = Book of Nicholas -- Qualiter iniquus Mahometus venit et a quibus et quo modo processit = Where Wicked Muhammad came from and among whom and how he rose to prominence.
Summary: "Throughout the Middle Ages, believers of Christianity told tales about Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They did so to inform, warn, and entertain Christian audiences. This volume brings together a set of such accounts that traces the biographical tradition of Muhammad as it evolved in the medieval West. These stories were all written in or translated into Latin, the chief literary and intellectual language of medieval Europe. With one exception, all texts in this collection were composed as stand-alone, independent works. To supplement them, we have included a passage dealing with Muhammad from Theophanes's early ninth-century chronicle. The Latin translation of this Greek work was widely available throughout much of Western Europe and is vital in understanding later developments. These texts help to explain the origin of many persistent clichés about Muhammad, and to document ways in which Western perceptions of Islam have influenced literature, theology, and religious debate and polemic."--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books JST Library General Stacks BP<br>Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc. BP 75.3 MED (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Fr. Daniel Madigan, SJ 108200
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Historia de Mohamet = History of Muhammad -- Tultusceptru de libro Domini Metobii = Tultusceptru, from the Book of Lord Metobius -- Theophanis Chronographia = Chronicle of Theophanes / Anastasius the Librarian -- Vita Mahumeti = Life of Muhammad / Embrico of Mainz -- Otia de Machomete = Poetic pastimes on Muhammad / Walter of Compiègne -- Life of Muhammad / Adelphus -- Apology of al-Kindi -- Liber Nycholay = Book of Nicholas -- Qualiter iniquus Mahometus venit et a quibus et quo modo processit = Where Wicked Muhammad came from and among whom and how he rose to prominence.

"Throughout the Middle Ages, believers of Christianity told tales about Muhammad and the rise of Islam. They did so to inform, warn, and entertain Christian audiences. This volume brings together a set of such accounts that traces the biographical tradition of Muhammad as it evolved in the medieval West. These stories were all written in or translated into Latin, the chief literary and intellectual language of medieval Europe. With one exception, all texts in this collection were composed as stand-alone, independent works. To supplement them, we have included a passage dealing with Muhammad from Theophanes's early ninth-century chronicle. The Latin translation of this Greek work was widely available throughout much of Western Europe and is vital in understanding later developments. These texts help to explain the origin of many persistent clichés about Muhammad, and to document ways in which Western perceptions of Islam have influenced literature, theology, and religious debate and polemic."--

Texts in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

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