Reports relating supernatural events - or miracles - in the life of the Prophet Muhammad (d. 11/632) have been traditionally either ignored by those modern scholars attempting to determine the historicity of the source material or have been studied piecemeal in an attempt to determine their origins by those scholars who see them as secondary additions. The current study will examine both the sira/ta'rikh, the story of Muhammad's life as told within larger works of universal history, and tafsir, exegetical, works of two medieval Muslim scholars, al-Tabari (d.310/923) and Ibn Kathir (d.773/1373), to attempt to determine how the reports of the supernatural fit into the story of Muhammad's life as a whole. [...] / Des rapports reliant des événements surnaturel - ou des miracles - dans la vie du Prophète Mahômet (m.11/632) ont été traditionellement ignorés par ces érudits modernes essayant de déterminer l'historicité du matériel de source ou étés fragmentaires étudié afin d'essayer de déterminer leurs origines par ces érudits qui les voient en tant qu'additions secondaires. L'étude courante examinera tous les deux le sira/ta'rikh, l'histoire de la vie de Mahômet comme dit dans de plus grands travaux de l'histoire universelle, et tafsirs, exégétique, travaux de deux érudits musulmans médiévaux, al-Tabari (m.310/923) et Ibn Kathir (m.773/1373), d'essayer de déterminer comment les rapports de l'ajustement surnaturel dans l'histoire de la vie de Mahômet dans l'ensemble. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108948 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Williams, Rebecca R. |
| Contributors | Little, Donald P. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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