Maxime Rodinson wrote the most-read Marxist-perspective book of this kind, and other modern books of this kind include The Se
Maxime Rodinson wrote the most-read Marxist-perspective book of this kind, and other modern books of this kind include The Sealed Nectar and one strictly limited to primary sources by Martin Lings. In 1977, Marion Barry was shot during the occupation of buildings in Washington by protesters against a filmed version of one of these, which starred an interlocutor played by Anthony Quinn. The earliest ones are known as the sira, including an influential but lost one by Ibn Ishaq. These texts usually discuss incidents such as the extermination of the Banu Qurayza, the Night Journey to heaven, and the flight to Medina. For 10 points, identify this type of book which recounts the life of a Meccan merchant who was spoken to by Gabriel and told to transcribe the Quran.
Maxime Rodinson wrote the most-read Marxist-perspective book of this kind, and other modern books of this kind include The Sealed Nectar and one strictly limited to primary sources by Martin Lings.
biographies of Muhammad [or obvious equivalents; not "autobiographies of Muhammad", though]