Author: Hannouz, Aomar.
Title: Le cycle de Abd al-Muttalib. Restauration, sacrifice, et naissance prophetique dans la Sira d'Ibn Ishaq.
Description: Leiden & Boston, Brill, [2024]. XII,475 pp. Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Islamic history and civilization, Vol. 208). [ISBN: 978-90-04-68123-1]. - As new.This book aims to demonstrate that the accounts that feature Mu?ammad's grandfather in Ibn Ish?aq's Sira are the product of narrative engineering. Through a narrative sequence in which 'Abd al-Muttalib is the hero, several intriguing episodes follow one another in a causal manner and lead to the birth of a future prophet. Articulated with a historical anthropology, the narrative analysis reveals that the Sira is the heir to the royal literature of the ancient Near East. Using motifs and themes from the culture of the Fertile Crescent, the Sira makes 'Abd al-Muttalib a royal figure in the service of legitimising the Abbasid dynasty, heir par excellence to Ishmael and restorer of the Abrahamic covenant. - Text in French. - Publisher's retail price: € 173,31

Keywords: Literature Arabic Theology Islam Letterkunde Arabisch Theologie