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Stereotypes associated with prototypes of the prophet of Islam's name till the 19th Century
Other Title(s)
صور أدبية غربية ارتبطت حتى القرن التاسع عشر بأقدم ألفاظ اشتقت من اسم نبي الإسلام "محمد"
Author
Source
Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 1 (31 Jul. 2015), pp.21-37, 17 p.
Publisher
Yarmouk University Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies
Publication Date
2015-07-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
The name of the Prophet of Islam is supposed to be transliterated by Arabs and many Western specialists in Arabic as Muhammad, Mohammad, Mohamed or in other forms very similar to its Arabic spelling.
However, these forms differ notably from other orthographic variants coined since the first contact with Islam, or the knowledge received about Islam, first in the East and later in some Western cultures.
The literature written about the Prophet includes spelling variants of his name that were formulated and modified by Churchmen and orientalists between the seventh and the nineteenth centuries.
The alterations of the name of the Prophet of Islam in Western Christian literature are based on an Eastern prototype.
This prototype generated other kinds of Western prototypes which reflect, in a way, stereotypes that can be associated with these alterations.
This study gives a repertoire of these prototypes in Greek and Latin literature and the orthographic forms which varied among or were shared by two Western cultures: Spain and France.
It further attempts to show how these stereotypes are charged with the feelings attached to the name and Islam.
The most common portrayals represent the Prophet as a false prophet, a Saracen prince or deity, a writer of the Quran, the Anti-Christ, the Biblical beast, a schismatic from Christianity and a satanic creature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Subayhat, Ahlam. 2015. Stereotypes associated with prototypes of the prophet of Islam's name till the 19th Century. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature،Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.21-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628999
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Subayhat, Ahlam. Stereotypes associated with prototypes of the prophet of Islam's name till the 19th Century. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jul. 2015), pp.21-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628999
American Medical Association (AMA)
Subayhat, Ahlam. Stereotypes associated with prototypes of the prophet of Islam's name till the 19th Century. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature. 2015. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.21-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628999
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 35-37
Record ID
BIM-628999