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A Prophet Has Appeared. The Rise of Islam through Christian and Jewish
Eyes, A Sourcebook
by Stephen J. Shoemaker (Author)
March 2021
Hardcover, 320
$90.00,  £74.00
Paperback
$34.95,  £29.00
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780520299610

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 alongside the Qur’an and later Islamic materials.
Applying historical-critical analysis, the volume moves these
invaluable sources to more equal footing with later Islamic narratives
about Muhammad and the formation of his new religious movement.

Included are new English translations of sources by twenty authors,
originally written in not only Greek and Latin but also Syriac,
Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic and spanning a geographic range
from England to Egypt and Iran. Ideal for the classroom and personal
library, this sourcebook provides readers with the tools to
meaningfully approach a new, burgeoning area of Islamic studies.

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Stephen J. Shoemaker is Professor of Religious Studies and Ira E.
Gaston Fellow in Christian Studies at the University of Oregon. He is
a specialist on early Christian apocrypha, devotion to the Virgin
Mary, and the rise of Islam. He is the author of The Death of a
Prophet, The Apocalypse of Empire, and Mary in Early Christian Faith
and Devotion, among many other publications.