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Muhammad's Heirs - The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622-950 (Hardcover)
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Muhammad's Heirs - The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622-950 (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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Muslim scholars are a vital part of Islam, and are sometimes
considered 'heirs to the prophets', continuing Muhammad's work of
establishing Islam in the centuries after his death. But this was
not always the case: indeed, Muslims survived the turmoil of their
first century largely without the help of scholars. In this book,
Jonathan Brockopp seeks to determine the nature of Muslim scholarly
communities and to account for their emergence from the very
beginning of the Muslim story until the mid-tenth century. By
analysing coins, papyri and Arabic literary manuscripts from the
ancient mosque-library of Kairouan, Tunisia, Brockopp offers a new
interpretation of Muslim scholars' rise to positions of power and
influence, serving as moral guides and the chief arbiters of Muslim
tradition. This book will be of great benefit to scholars of
comparative religion and advanced students in Middle Eastern
history, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law and early Islamic literature.
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