Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

An accessible and up-to-date introduction to the study of the Qur'an in its historical
contextThe Qur'an represents both Islam's historical point of origin and its scriptural …

In this engaging study, Matthew J. Kuiper tells the fascinating story of how Islam became a
world religion and cultural phenomenon of immense scale, astonishing diversity and global …

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the
history of religions in late antiquity. The continuation of biblical prophecy runs like a thread …

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

In the conventional historical narrative, the medieval Middle East was composed of
autonomous religious traditions, each with distinct doctrines, rituals, and institutions. Outside …

Durant la plus grande partie du XX e siècle, les études sur Muḥammad et les débuts de
l'islam ont manifesté une réticence à reconnaître l'importance de l'eschatologie imminente …

Early Islam, spanning its nascent centuries from the early 7th century, encompasses a
pivotal epoch covering the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the establishment …

Rome, Persia, and Arabia traces the enormous impact that the Great Powers of antiquity
exerted on Arabia and the Arabs, between the arrival of Roman forces in the Middle East in …

Both the Muslim exegetical tradition and most Western scholarship have posited that the
term islām in the Quran means “submission”, ie to God, and that it refers to the religion …