Forthcoming Publications
Mónika Schönléber
Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī and his Kitāb al-futūḥ
Author, Textual Tradition, and Ridda Narrative. With a New Edition of the Text on the Ridda (2 Volumes)
2025-03
This two-volume study explores the life of the Muslim scholar Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī and his historical work, the Kitāb al-futūḥ (Book of Conquests). This study re-contextualises Ibn Aʿtham within the early fourth/tenth century, highlighting his contributions to Islamic historiography. Volume 1 examines his biography, refines the timeline of his life and work, and traces its reception across the Muslim world. It provides codicological descriptions of the surviving Arabic manuscripts, analyses the narratives of the ridda (‘apo...
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Michael Lecker
The Banū Sulaym: A Contribution to the Study of Early Islam
Revised Edition
2025-04
The study focuses on Sulaym in the crucial transition period from Jāhiliyya to Islam, and hence it contributes to the study of the Prophet and his time. Most of the study concentrates on the Arabian Peninsula, although a few leading families are followed into the Islamic conquests and the early Umayyad period. The focus on one tribe makes it possible to collect a large amount of data from a variety of sources: biographical dictionaries, genealogical literature, geographical literature, sīra and adab compilations, poetry Dīwā...
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Colin Turner
Divine Revelation and Communication
Contemporary Muslim Theological Approaches
2025-05
This book comprises three broadly thematic Sections: - the first on the notion of communication and revelation; - the second on angels as vehicles for revelation; - and the third on the revelatory nature of prophethood. It concentrates on aspects of Divine communication and revelation that have not been explored as much – or, indeed, in some cases, at all. Furthermore, this is a study of Divine communication and revelation from an exclusively Muslim perspective. Furthermore, while references to the concept of revelation ...
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