The Height of Prophet Adam: At the Crossroads of Science and Scripture

by Muntasir Zaman

Book Overview

The Height of Prophet Adam: At the Crossroads of Science & Scripture explores scholarly efforts to treat the conflict between hadith regarding Prophet Adam's height and extant empirical data. What may appear as a straightforward hadith about the father of humankind brings to the fore a web of interconnected disciplines: epistemology, science, archeology, the status of the Ṣaḥīḥayn, the evolution of hadith analysis, and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915025338
• ISBN13: 9781915025333
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Beacon Books
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"