Sean Anthony: The Historical Muhammad, Crucifixion, and the Arab Conquests

In this interview I speak with friend and fellow scholar of Islamic Studies, Dr. Sean Anthony. Dr. Anthony is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University. Prior to this he was an Andrew Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton NJ and an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Oregon. Dr. Anthony got his A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializing in Islamic Thought and Early Islamic History. He is the author of many academic articles and books, his most recent book "Muhammad and the Empires of Faith" has already become quite popular within Islamic Studies.

In this talk we discuss Sean's new book as well as the materials for the study of early Islamic history, and Muhammad himself. We talk about how Roman crucifixion remained as a practice into late antiquity and with the medieval Arab empires and how all of this sheds light on the Qur'an and Early Islam.

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