Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

In this book, Angelika Neuwirth provides a new approach to understanding the founding text of Islam. Typical exegesis of the Qur'an treats the text teleological

An edited collection on the historical, religious, and cultural contexts of the origins of the Qur'an.

This volume reflects the huge upsurge of interest in the Near East and early Islam currently taking place among historians of late antiquity. At the same time,

This book offers a new approach to the vexing question of how to write the early history of Islam. The first part discusses the nature of the Muslim and non-Mus

Based on epigraphic and other material evidence as well as more traditional literary sources and critical review of the extensive relevant scholarship, this boo