Before and After Muhammad
The First Millennium Refocused
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19946341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Garth Fowden (0000-0001-7432-2318, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 248 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Before and after Muhammad (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9781400848164 |
| OpenAlex | W2586218395 |
| Open Library | OL29179614M |
| ISBN | 9781400848164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
Islam 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. Before and After Muhammad suggests a new way of thinking about the historical relationship between the scriptural monotheisms, integrating Islam into European and West Asian history.Garth 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.In Before and After Muhammad, 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
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianity · Early Christianity · Flourishing · Islam · Judaism · Late Antiquity · Middle Ages · Period (music) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
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Trade and Exchanges along the Silk and Steppe Routes in Late Antique Eurasia
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Patterns of Roman Diplomacy with Iran and the Steppe Peoples
Constantinople’s Belated Hegemony
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The Relations between China and the Steppe
“Charismatic” Goods
Ethnicity and Empire in the Western Eurasian Steppes
Mystery Cult and Material Culture in the Graeco-Roman World
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Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
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Legal Thought
Epilogue
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Silk Road Christians and the Translation of Culture in Tang China
Late antiquity and Byzantium
The fall of Rome and the retreat of European multiculturalism
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
Thirty Years of the ‘Jeweled Style’
The royal veil
Iconic Presence. Images in Religious Traditions
Ritualized Affective Performances
| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |