{"product_id":"before-and-after-muhammad-garth-fowden-9780691158532","title":"Before and After Muhammad: The First Millennium Refocused","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garth Fowden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691158533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691158532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014","brand":"Garth Fowden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086767763711,"sku":"9780691158532","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c53e0bc-a7f7-4007-8dd0-c0cc1b35d6fc.jpg?v=1769096460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-and-after-muhammad-garth-fowden-9780691158532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}