Inventing Muhammad and the Failure of Inlibration: A Biblical-Theological and Historical-Critical Appraisal of Early Islamic Origins

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This essay offers a biblical-theological and historical-critical appraisal of the origins of early Islam. It reads the late compilation of sīra and ḥadīth against the Islamic dogma of inlibration—the uncreated Word made Book—and the Christian confession of incarnation, the eternal Logos made flesh John 1 14 .