Paul M. Cobb. The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 360 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-935811-3.
Reviewed by Ann Zimo (Albright Institute) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (March, 2016) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
New Insight on Muslim Views of the Crusades: Review of Cobb's "Race for Paradise"
Stephennie Mulder. Shrines of the 'Alids in Medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi'is and the Architecture of Coexistence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014. 320 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7486-4579-4.
Reviewed by Megan Boomer (University of Pennsylvania) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (February, 2016) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Kenneth Garden. The First Islamic Reviver: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and His Revival of the Religious Sciences. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 256 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-998962-1.
Reviewed by Sam Houston (Department of Religion - Florida State University) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (August, 2015) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Al-Ghazālī the Ascetic Orthodox Sufi or the Philosophically Inclined Revivalist? A Reassessment
Aaron W. Hughes. Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. xvi + 310 pp. $89.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-16146-6; $29.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-16147-3; ISBN 978-0-231-53192-4.
Reviewed by Keren Abbou Hershkovits (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev -- Middle Eastern Studies) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (November, 2014) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Heather N. Keaney. Medieval Islamic Historiography: Remembering Rebellion. New York: Routledge, 2013. xx + 187 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-82852-9.
Reviewed by Shari Silzell (History Department - University of Texas at Austin) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (April, 2014) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Assassinating ‘Uthman: Writers, Rebellion, and Medieval Historiography
Adam R. Gaiser. Muslims, Scholars, Soldiers: The Origin and Elaboration of the Ibādī Imāmate Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. viii + 203 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-973893-9.
Reviewed by Paul Love (University of Michigan - Near Eastern Studies) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (February, 2014) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Muslims, Scholars, and Soldiers
Ingrid Houssaye Michienzi. Datini, Majorque et le Maghreb (14e-15e siècles) Réseaux, espaces méditerranéens et stratégies marchandes. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2013. xxx + 694 pp. $282.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-23289-1.
Reviewed by Travis Bruce (History Department -- Wichita State University) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (December, 2013) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Zayde Antrim. Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Maps. xviii + 212 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-991387-9.
Reviewed by Steve Tamari Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (November, 2013) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
Land and Belonging in the Medieval Islamic World
Tayeb El-Hibri. Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xi + 471 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-15082-8; ISBN 978-0-231-52165-9.
Reviewed by Zohar Hadromi-Allouche (Divinity and Religious Studies -- University of Aberdeen) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (July, 2013) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker
G. R. Hawting. The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvii + 168 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-65165-3.
Reviewed by Walid Saleh (Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (February, 2005)
In the Fog of History
Majid Fakhry. An Interpretation of the Qur'an: English Translation of the Meanings. New York: New York University Press, 2002. xi + 647 pp. $23.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8147-2724-9.M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. The Qur'an: A New Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. xliii + 464 pp. $27.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-280548-5.
Kumiko Yamamoto. The Oral Background of Persian Epics: Storytelling and Poetry. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003. xxiv + 191 pp. Price not listed (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-12587-2.
Reviewed by Raziuddin Aquil (Fellow in History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (November, 2004)
Hellmut Ritter. The Ocean of the Soul: Men, the World and God in the Stories of Farid al-Din Attar. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003. xxvi + 833 pp. $190.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-12068-6.
Reviewed by Hermann Landolt (Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University and Institute of Ismaili Studies, London) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (July, 2004)
Josef W. Meri. The Cult of Saints among Muslims and Jews in Medieval Syria. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. viii + 327 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-925078-3.
Reviewed by Richard McGregor (Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (June, 2004)
Asma Afsaruddin. Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership. Leiden: Brill, 2002. xii + 313 pp. $124.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-12043-3.
Reviewed by Khaleel Mohammed (Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (March, 2004)
