This volume presents a selection of the key studies in which leading scholars since the beginning of the 20th century attempt to explain the phenomenally rapid expansion of the early Islamic state dur
Ten articles reprinted and often translated from publication in scholarly journals or other anthologies or collections consider first magic and then divination as defined and distinguished by Medieval
Studying education and learning in the formative period of Islam is not immediately easy, since the sources for this are relatively late and frequently project backwards to the earlier period the assu
This volume reprints nineteen articles that deal with the formation of the first Islamic state under the 'rightly-guided' and Umayyad caliphs (632-750 CE). The articles (five of which originally appea
The series reprints a critical selection of published research that has contributed to modern scholarship's understanding of Islamic history during the approximate period 600-950, each volume focusing
Continues the series making available a critical selection of the published research that has stimulated and defined how modern scholarship understands the formative period of Islamic history, conside
Reproduced from publication from the 1930s to the 1990s, 21 studies of the Muslim scripture reflect the legacies of two tendencies in European scholarship on it: polemic interpretations to aid refutat
Covering the seventh through the tenth centuries, these 21 essays examine the cultural patterns and structures which contributed to the emergence of classical Islamic civilization. Focusing on the ma
A collection of previously published research from the 1950s through the 1990s, focusing on the formative period of Muslim tafs-ir . Topics include the beginnings of Qur'anic exegesis, old Muslim opp
Continues the series reprinting articles and essays that have contributed significantly to the modern study of Islam but are difficult for scholars to find. The 15 studies, some translated into Englis
