Mohamad Jebara
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A six-year-old cries in his mother's arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: "Muhammad, be a world-changer!" The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same. Fusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam's founding prophet....
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Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Appropriately epic and consistently erudite, yet accessible for lay readers." —Kirkus (Starred review)
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam
Over a billion copies of the Qur'an exist – yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Based on extensiQur`anve scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam. Over a billion copies of the Qur'an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message at times with explosive results....
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Portuguese
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Esta é uma biografia acessível e nova do fundador do islamismo. Nela, o estudioso Mohamad Jebara reúne detalhes há muito conhecidos dos eruditos muçulmanos, mas inacessíveis ao grande público e no traz a envolvente história de Maomé. A narrativa de seu dramático nascimento, do episódio em que quase foi sequestrado e escravizado, e do compl para assassiná-lo mostra como ele se transformou em um homem incansável no cumprimento de sua missão....
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam.
Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist—yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message—at times with explosive results.
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