CHAPTER 1. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
4. PREFACE TO THE 2019 EDITION xv
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xxix
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART I. THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY BACKGROUND
8. CHAPTER 1. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 9
9. CHAPTER 2. THE NATURE OF THE SOURCES 27
10. PART IIA. INCIDENTAL REFERENCES TO ISLAM
11. CHAPTER 3. GREEK SOURCES 43
12. CHAPTER 4. WEST SYRIAN, COPTIC AND ARMENIAN SOURCES 93
13. CHAPTER 5. EAST SYRIAN SOURCES 139
14. CHAPTER 6. LATIN SOURCES 171
15. CHAPTER 7. JEWISH, PERSIAN AND CHINESE SOURCES 187
16. PART IIB. DELIBERATE REFERENCES TO ISLAM
17. CHAPTER 8. APOCALYPSES AND VISIONS 203
18. CHAPTER 9. MARTYROLOGIES 263
19. CHAPTER 10. CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES 303
20. CHAPTER 11. APOLOGIES AND DISPUTATIONS 355
21. PART III. WRITING THE HISTORY OF EARLY ISLAM
22. CHAPTER 12. NON-MUSLIM CONCEPTIONS OF ISLAM 407
23. CHAPTER 13. USING NON-MUSLIM SOURCES: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH 425
24. CHAPTER 14. USING NON-MUSLIM SOURCES: AN ARGUMENTATIVE APPROACH 461
25. PART IV. EXCURSES
26. EXCURSUS A: THE CANONS AND RESOLUTIONS OF JACOB OF EDESSA 469
27. EXCURSUS B: THE BYZANTINE-ARAB CHRONICLE OF 741 AND ITS EASTERN SOURCE 477
28. EXCURSUS C: AN OUTLINE OF THE SYRIAC COMMON SOURCE 495
29. EXCURSUS D: THE PASSION OF DAVID OF DWIN 531
30. EXCURSUS E: GEORGIAN HISTORICAL WRITING 535
31. EXCURSUS F: DATED MUSLIM WRITINGS, AH 1-135/622-752 543
32. MAPS 555
33. BIBLIOGRAPHY 559
34. GENERAL INDEX 663