The Formation of the Classical Islamic World
Muslims and Others in Early Islamic Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Hoyland
July 28, 2004
The interaction between Muslims and the other religious denominations of the Middle East in the period 620-1020 is the subject of this volume. This is arguably the single most important issue in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, since the Muslims were initially a minority in the lands ...
The Formation of Islamic Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Wael B. Hallaq
January 15, 2004
The fourteen studies included in this volume have been chosen to serve several purposes simultaneously. At a basic level, they aim to provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level,...
Shi'ism
1st Edition
Edited
By Etan Kohlberg
August 07, 2003
This volume brings together seventeen articles reflecting the wide range of scholarly interest in early Shi`ism over the past half century. All major branches of Shi`ism are covered. Some studies are historical in nature, whether dealing with specific events or offering a broad historical ...
Production and the Exploitation of Resources
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael G. Morony
December 23, 2002
This volume, together with its companion Manufacturing and Labour, examines the economic basis of the early Islamic world, looking at the organization of extractive and agricultural operations, manufacturing processes and labour relations. Mining, stock raising, agriculture and irrigation are the ...
Early Islamic Art and Architecture
1st Edition
Edited
By Jonathan M. Bloom
May 25, 2002
This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the ...
Patterns of Everyday Life
1st Edition
Edited
By David Waines
May 14, 2002
This volume deals with fundamental aspects of the material life of Islamic societies in the formative period. Three broad sections comprise the scope of the book: the first on housing, the second on textiles and clothing, and the final one on food and drink. In each section, studies based upon both...
The Qur’an: Style and Contents
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Rippin
October 28, 2001
This volume is one of two edited by Andrew Rippin which are designed to complement one another, and to comprehend the principal trends in modern scholarship on the Qur’an. Both volumes are provided with a new introduction by the editor, analysing this scholarship, and providing references for ...
The Qur’an: Formative Interpretation
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Rippin
December 28, 1999
This volume is one of two edited by Andrew Rippin which are designed to complement one another, and to comprehend the principal trends in modern scholarship on the Qur’an. Both volumes are provided with a new introduction by the editor, analysing this scholarship, and providing references for ...
The Arabs and Arabia on the Eve of Islam
1st Edition
Edited
By F.E. Peters
June 25, 1999
This volume examines the background to the rise of Islam. The opening essays consider the broad context of nomad-sedentary relations in the Near East; thereafter the focus is on the Arabian peninsula and the history of the Arab peoples. The following papers set out the political and economic ...
The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 2: Language, Religion, Culture and the Sciences
1st Edition
Edited
By Julio Samsó, Maribel Fierro
December 28, 1998
These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate. They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and Visigothic political and social ...
The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 1: History and Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuela Marin
December 21, 1998
These two volumes present a conspectus of current research on the history and culture of early medieval Spain and Portugal, from the time of the Arab conquest in 711 up to the fall of the caliphate. They trace the impact of Islamisation on the pre-existing Roman and Visigothic political and social ...
The Life of Muhammad
1st Edition
Edited
By Uri Rubin
December 21, 1998
This is a set of key articles which deal with various aspects of the life of Muhammad: the Muslim authors of Muhammad’s biography, the major events in his life, the development of the idealised image of Muhammad, and the image of Muhammad in the eyes of early medieval non-Muslim writers. The ...