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"Gunny, a pioneer in the study of French and European literary and theological representations of Islam in the modern period, offers a survey of over 350 years, which is both a cross cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based on the examination of original published and unpublished manuscripts." -Islamic Horizons
"Ahmad Gunny has been a pioneer in the study of French and European literary and theological representations of Islam in the modern period. Thanks to his acclaimed critical studies, students and scholars alike have found in his work new and important directions for research." —Nabil Matar, professor, University of Minnesota
This magisterial survey of the Prophet Muhammad over three hundred and fifty years is both a cross cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based on the close examination of original published and unpublished manuscripts.
Ahmad Gunny is fellow and senior associate at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
Preface / v
Introduction / 1
Chapter 1 Muhammad in Christian Thought, 1650-1750 / 21
Chapter 2 The imagined Muhammad from Marana to Voltaire / 71
Chapter 3 Muhammad in French Enlightenment / 113
Chapter 4 Muhammad in the Age of Empire to 1900 / 159
Chapter 5 Sympathy and Scepticism, 1900 to the present / 207
Conclusion / 251
Bibliography / 257
Index / 265