Using a comprehensive evaluation of recent archaeological findings, Avni addresses the
transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the sixth and eleventh …

This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'ān must be interpreted
through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad …

This fascinating history explores the ceremony of the oath of allegiance to the caliph from the
time of the Prophet Muhammad until the fragmentation of the caliphate in the late ninth and …

Western Palestine is extremely rich in Arabic inscriptions, whose dates range from as early
as CE 150 until modern times. Most of the inscriptions date from the Islamic period, for under …

From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath
house of the Qusayr'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from …

Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos
provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future …

Much of the world today is convulsed in an epic struggle between the Christian West and
Islam. Scholars seeking to understand the issues look back in history to unearth the roots of …

According to the fully articulated salvation history of Islam, Moses and Jesus (like all
prophets) were Muslims. Moses received an Islamic scripture, the Torah (tawrat), as did …

The Islamic tradition credits the promulgation of a uniform consonantal skeleton (rasm) of the
Quran to the third caliph ʿUthmān (r. 644–656). However, in recent years various scholars …

During the century or so after the hijra of 622 CE, 1 monotheistic Arab armies conquered the
Syrian, Egyptian and North African territories of the Roman Empire, and completely overran …