 | Zayd Subjects: Zayd ibn Harithah –629 or 630; Usamah ibn Zayd –673?; Muhammad Prophet –632 -- Companions -- Biography; Qurʾan -- Relation to the Bible; Islam -- Origin; In Zayd , David S. Powers restores Muhammad's adopted son to his place at the center of the Islamic foundation narrative, arguing that Zayd is modeled on earlier biblical figures to address ideas about legitimate succession and the theological doctrine of the finality of prophecy. David S. Powers is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University and author of Muḥammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
