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“… more people believed in Muhammad as a prophet”:
The Prophet of Islam in Greek Texts from the Byzantine Era to the Dawn of Modernity
How did the image of the Prophet Muhammad develop in Greek-language texts from the Byzantine period to the dawn of modernity?
This lecture traces representations in chronicles, polemical treatises, translations, and hagiographical works, highlighting shifts from early heresiological frameworks to more nuanced descriptions shaped by intellectual exchanges, religious encounters, and the circulation of texts among Greek-speaking communities.
The lecture will situate these representations within broader theological debates, imperial politics, and questions of identity. By examining continuities and discontinuities from the medieval to the early modern period, and from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond, the lecture will explore how Greek writers negotiated questions of knowledge, otherness, and authority in a changing world shaped by evolving Christian-Muslim encounters.
The lecture will be held in English.
