LEADER 04072nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910814249003321 005 20240418025936.0 010 $a1-283-89635-4 010 $a0-8122-0557-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812205572 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068519 035 $a(OCoLC)794929174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000796458 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11510570 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000796458 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10788762 035 $a(PQKB)10138774 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8372 035 $a(DE-B1597)449312 035 $a(OCoLC)979684787 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812205572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642757 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420885 035 $a(OCoLC)843077164 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442005 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068519 100 $a20081201d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMuh?ammad is not the father of any of your men $ethe making of the last prophet /$fDavid S. Powers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 225 1 $aDivinations : rereading late ancient religion 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4178-9 311 $a0-8122-2149-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPt. I. Fathers and sons -- The foundation narratives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Adoption in the Near East: from antiquity to the rise of Islam -- The abolition of adoption in early Islam -- Pt. II. From sacred legend to sacred history -- The repudiation of the beloved of the messenger of God -- The battle of Mu'ta -- The martyrdom of the beloved of the messenger of God -- Pretexts and intertexts -- Pt. III. Text and interpretation -- Paleography and codicology: Bibliotha?que Nationale de France 328a -- Kala?la in early Islamic tradition -- Conclusion. 330 $aThe Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary but that the line of descent ends with Muhammad, who is the seal, or last, of the prophets.While Muhammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, he is said to have adopted a man named Zayd, and mutual rights of inheritance were created between the two. Zayd b. Muhammad, also known as the Beloved of the Messenger of God, was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muhammad to be named in the Qur'an. But if prophecy is hereditary and Muhammad has a son, David Powers argues, then he might not be the Last Prophet. Conversely, if he is the Last Prophet, he cannot have a son.In Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men, Powers contends that a series of radical moves were made in the first two centuries of Islamic history to ensure Muhammad's position as the Last Prophet. He focuses on narrative accounts of Muhammad's repudiation of Zayd, of his marriage to Zayd's former wife, and of Zayd's martyrdom in battle against the Byzantines. Powers argues that theological imperatives drove changes in the historical record and led to the abolition or reform of key legal institutions. In what is likely to be the most controversial aspect of his book, he offers compelling physical evidence that the text of the Qur'an itself was altered. 410 0$aDivinations. 606 $aAdoption$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aInheritance and succession (Islamic law) 615 0$aAdoption$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aInheritance and succession (Islamic law) 676 $a297.6/3 700 $aPowers$b David Stephan$0688443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814249003321 996 $aMuh?ammad is not the father of any of your men$94126959 997 $aUNINA