{"product_id":"henry-stubbe-and-the-beginnings-nabil-matar-9780231156646","title":"Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall \u0026 Progress of Mahometanism","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Stubbe (1632-1676) was an extraordinary English scholar who challenged his contemporaries by writing about Islam as a monotheistic revelation in continuity with Judaism and Christianity. His major work, \u003ci\u003eThe Originall \u0026amp; Progress of Mahometanism\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first English text to document the Prophet Muhammad's life positively, celebrate the Qur'an as a divine revelation, and praise the Muslim toleration of Christians, undermining a long legacy of European prejudice and hostility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNabil Matar, a leading scholar of Islamic-British relations, standardizes Stubbe's text and situates it within England's theological and intellectual climate in the seventeenth century. He shows how, to draw a historical portrait of Muhammad, Stubbe embraced travelogues, Latin commentaries, studies on Jewish customs and Scripture, and, most important, Arabic chronicles, many written by medieval Christian Arabs who had lived in the midst of the Islamic polity. No European writer before or for a long time after Stubbe produced anything similar to what he wrote about Muhammad the \"great Prophet,\" Ali the \"gallant\" advocate, and the \"standing miracle\" of the Qur'an. Stubbe's book therefore makes a unique contribution to the study of the representation of Islam in Western thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nabil Matar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231156642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231156646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Nabil Matar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449913078015,"sku":"9780231156646","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78bfc011-f8f6-4cf9-800e-52b0524e8a08.jpg?v=1698501720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/henry-stubbe-and-the-beginnings-nabil-matar-9780231156646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}