Sean Anthony
Ohio State University · History
Active 1971–2025
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About
Sean Anthony is a Professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University. His areas of expertise include Early Islam and Late Antiquity, Islamic Thought, and Classical Arabic Literature. He is involved in research and teaching related to Islamic history, with a focus on the historical development of early Islamic civilization and its intellectual traditions. His academic work contributes to a deeper understanding of Islamic history and thought, and he is engaged in scholarly activities within the department and the broader academic community.
Research topics
- Philosophy
- History
- Theology
- Ancient history
- Art
- Religious studies
Selected publications
Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
2020 · 24 citations
1st authorCorrespondingIntroduction : the making of the historical Muḥammad -- The earliest evidence -- Muḥammad the Arabian merchant -- The Beginnings of the corpus -- The letters of 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr -- The court impulse -- Prophecy and empires of faith -- Muḥammad and Cædmon -- Epilogue : The future of the historical Muḥammad
Muhammad and the Empires of Faith
2020 · 18 citations
1st authorCorrespondingIn 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 b…
The Virgin Annunciate in the Meccan Qurʾan: Q. Maryam 19:19 in Context
Journal of Near Eastern Studies · 2022-09-28 · 10 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingMuhammad and the Empires of Faith
2020 · 3 citations
1st authorCorrespondingProphetic Dominion, Umayyad Kingship
2020-10-30 · 2 citations
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 2952 shared
Julia Bray
University of Cambridge
- 2952 shared
Joseph Lowry
- 2952 shared
James E. Montgomery
Covenant Medical Center
- 2952 shared
Shawkat M. Toorawa
- 2952 shared
Tahera Qutbuddin
Carleton University
- 2852 shared
Philip Kennedy
Neural Signals (United States)
- 2777 shared
Maurice Pomerantz
University of Cambridge
- 2609 shared
Amani Al-Zoubi
American University of Beirut New York Office
Education
- 2009
PhD, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
University of Chicago
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