Was Muhammad a Shepherd or a Trader? | Sean Anthony | MythVision

SEARCH MYTHVISION | 48 SEAN ANTHONY | 13   MUHAMMAD

Video Description (from Youtube)

This is a must watch show for anyone interested in getting to the bottom of the Historical Muhammad question. His book is a gold mine of information about the earliest history of Islam.

In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of Late Antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammad’s life, taking readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests what new insights stand to be gained from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades in a variety of fields. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith offers both an authoritative introduction to the multilayered traditions surrounding the life of Muhammad and a compelling exploration of how these traditions interacted with the broader landscape of Late Antiquity.

GET THE BOOK HERE: 👉 https://amzn.to/35FqNYf

=================================


MythVision Website: 🔥 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/
MythVision Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/mythvision
MythVision Paypal. 👉 https://www.paypal.me/dereklambert7
Cashapp: 👉 $rewiredaddiction
Venmo: 👉 @Derek-Lambert-9
Recommeded books 👉 https://amzn.to/35FqNYf
Email MythVision 👉 mythvisionpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook page: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MythVision/
Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWaterBoyZRadio/
Twitter: 👉 @DerekPodcast
Instagram: 👉 @dereklambert_7
MythVision Discord: https://discord.gg/dRQXdZBq6E

0:00 Introductions
4:08 Was there a Muhammad?
7:08 Non-Muslim sources that speak to the existence of a historical Muhammad.
18:40 Evidence of Muhammad’s existence from the Arabic side - the Hijri calendar and Muhammad’s Hijra to Medina.
27:30 Was there an eschatological motivation in the Arab conquest? Apocalyptic literature in the 7th century.
33:58 The compilation of the Quran, how early was the Quran compiled? 
41:43 Is the Quran preserved word for word?
44:50 Doctrina Jacobi
53:22 Jesus in the Quran - ‘Isa’, the hostility towards the iconography of the cross in the early Muslim communities.
1:03:42 How did the hadith corpus develop?
1:13:53 Was Muhammad a shepherd or a merchant?
1:20:20 Traditions and legends common to all Abrahamic religions, the Kaaba.
1:28:04 The origins of the name ‘Allah’
1:33:45 The Petra theory, Dhul al-Qarnayn/ Alexander the Great 
1:38:20 The sleepers of Ephesus.
1:40:24 Apocalypticism in the Quran
1:47:40 Dr. Sean Anthony’s hopes for the future of scholarship of Islam and the Muslim community in general.
1:55:20 Final remarks.



#MythVision #Muhammad #SeanWAnthony #Islam

---

Published: 19 Oct 2021 ·  Uploaded: 13 Jun 2025

---

SEARCH MYTHVISION | 48 SEAN ANTHONY | 13   MUHAMMAD