La question du messianismedans l’islam primitif

P. Crone and M. Cook, in their book Hagarism(1977), put forward the idea that the prophet Muhammad and the early believers preached the imminent coming of a Messiah whom they identified with the second caliph, 'Umar ibn al-Khattâb. As evidence, Crone and Cook relied on the testimony of some mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fred M. Donner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2000-07-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/246