Lesley Hazleton: 5 books

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The First Muslim

The Story of Muhammad

by Lesley Hazleton
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013

**The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton's new book, Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, is out now from Riverhead Books.** Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic...
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Agnostic

A Spirited Manifesto

by Lesley Hazleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

**“Vital” –The New York Times Book Review “Provocative…[Hazleton] paddles the river of doubt with energy and exuberance.” –The Seattle Times A widely admired writer on religion celebrates agnosticism as the most vibrant, engaging—and ultimately the most honest—stance...
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After the Prophet

The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

by Lesley Hazleton
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic...
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Jezebel

The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen

by Lesley Hazleton
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007

There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story, handed down to us through the ages, is merely the...
Book cover of 先知之後:伊斯蘭千年大分裂的起源
by 萊思麗‧海澤爾頓 Lesley Hazleton
Language: Chinese
Release Date: April 7, 2017

 ** ※TED百萬點閱作家─海澤爾頓─歷史書寫的顛峰之作。   ※Amazon亞馬遜4.5顆星好評,高掛「伊斯蘭」分類暢銷榜7年。   **   穆罕默德突然逝世,誰能繼承他來領導新興的伊斯蘭世界?   近親、愛妻、大臣、新舊追隨者,各有盤算。   為信仰,為生存,也為名利權勢。   先知尚未入土,危機已然爆發。      繼任的哈里發接連遇刺,接班之爭淪為恐怖內戰。   「穆斯林不讓穆斯林流血」的神聖禁忌被打破,   連先知的子孫都慘遭毒手……      西元632年,在經歷了將近二十年艱辛的佈道與抗爭之後,穆罕默德終於率領新興的穆斯林信眾返回麥加,為阿拉伯社會帶來繁榮與和平。但誰也想不到,正當伊斯蘭如旭日東升之際,六十三歲的穆罕默德突然倒下。難以置信的是,九位妻子沒有為他留下一名男嗣,他生前亦無指定繼承人。誰將在先知之後領導大家?無人知曉。有血緣之親的堂弟?最忠實可靠的老臣?富貴瀟灑的女婿?即使暫時取得共識,繼任的哈里發――即「穆罕默德的繼承人」――也無法服眾。野心勃勃、老奸巨猾的總督暗地裡伺機而動,圖謀大位……      後宮遺孀較勁、部落首領鬥爭、新信仰與舊傳統的矛盾、貴族與平民的利益爭奪,星星野火悶燒不止。二十多年後,內戰終於爆發!第四任哈里發阿里,即穆罕默德的堂弟、養子、兼女婿,試圖力挽狂瀾卻無力回天,萬般無奈下與穆罕默德最寵愛的遺孀阿伊夏兵戎相見,為後續更血腥的屠殺寫下第一頁。先知的智慧與福音無法阻攔後人的貪欲與痴迷。      西元680年,在今日伊拉克的卡爾巴拉,胡笙──阿里之子、穆罕默德的外孫,亦即他在人世間的唯一男性血親──也壯烈赴義。為追念先知的血脈、敬仰阿里與胡笙高貴的情操,他們的支持者成為什葉派的先驅。「什葉」,在阿拉伯文裡,即阿里的追隨者。      《先知之後》共分三篇,分別以先知穆罕默德、阿里、胡笙為主角,旁及穆罕默德的近親、參與傳教事業的重要信徒,以及阿拉伯帝國興起之初的權臣與野心家。他們共同譜寫伊斯蘭歷史的早期篇章。      作者萊思麗.海澤爾頓著作等身,但《先知之後》可謂其顛峰代表作。她廣泛參考多元的史料,大量引用阿拉伯文學中的詩歌與民謠,細心揣摩關鍵歷史人物的性格、思維與困境,在呈現客觀史實之外,更帶領讀者深入體察人物的內心世界,探索他們的悲喜哀樂、野心與信心、親痛仇快的人性弱點,與知其不可而為之的崇高美德。      在縱覽歷史浮沉與人物哀歌之外,本書讀者亦可以思考:究竟什麼是宗教?屬靈的世界是否永遠不可能獨立於塵世俗務而存在?什麼是政治?好人是否終究不可能在充滿權謀算計的政治中生存? **   名人推薦**   審定╱導讀   林長寬(成大歷史系副教授)   推薦   公孫策(作家)   林婉美(作家、中東旅遊達人)   張 ...
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