The Quest for the Historical Muhammad: How the Third Quest Era of Historical Jesus Research Can Help Us Understand Muhammad's Islam

A NEW MASSIVE study on the Eras of the Quest for the Historical Jesus and how we can apply the Third Quest (Post-Quest) Era methodologies to the Quest for the Historical Muhammad. This study additionally surveys the differences between Traditionalist and Revisionist (Historical-Critical) scholarship in Islamic Studies, and the various approaches of scholars in these schools of thought. Sections include the following:Methodologies and Sources The Traditional Jesus The Traditional Mu?ammad Can the Quest for the Historical Jesus Help Us Understand the Historical Mu?ammad What Can We Know? The Traditionalist School Classical and Apologetic Approaches Traditionalism and Orientalism Revisionist Methodologies Ignaz Goldziher and the Inauguration of the Modern Analysis of the ?ad?th Literature The Origins of ?ad?th Preeminence over the Qur'?n in Practice John Wansbrough Jewish Origins? Conclusion..