Holger Zellentin is Associate Professor in Jewish Studies at the University of Nottingham. His ongoing project, Jewish Christianity and the Quran, explores the possibility of ritual connexions between the earliest followers of Jesus and Muhammad. In this video – interviewed by Tom… Continue Reading
Michael Cook, a renowned historian of the early Islamic world, has been awarded the Holberg Prize for excellence in the Humanities. Prof. Cook has written or co-written several important books in our field, including Hagarism, Early Muslim Dogma, Commanding Right… Continue Reading
Fred M. Donner is Professor of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of three books: The Early Islamic Conquests, Narratives of Islamic Origins, and Muhammad and the Believers. After summarising the traditional Islamic account… Continue Reading