Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age - A Sourcebook

"This is an extremely well-conceived volume on the crucial topic of conversion, composed of enthralling selections all translated and annotated by top specialists. The field of Islamic history lacks good sourcebooks, so this volume fills a large void and opens up new vistas for both teaching and research."—Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Professor of History, University of Maryland

"Any reader interested in interreligious relations and conversions will take great pleasure in discovering this diverse collection of texts, many translated into English for the first time from various languages. There is no doubt that this work, edited by renowned historians, will quickly become a standard reference."—Anne-Marie Eddé, Professor of Medieval Islamic History, Panthéon-Sorbonne University

About the author

Nimrod Hurvitz is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel and the author of The Formation of Hanbalism: Piety into Power.

Christian C. Sahner is Associate Professor of Islamic History in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of St Cross College, and the author of Christian Martyrs under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World. 

Uriel Simonsohn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel and the author of A Common Justice: The Legal Allegiances of Christians and Jews under Early Islam.

Luke Yarbrough is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author of Friends of the Emir: Non-Muslim State Officials in Premodern Islamic Thought.

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"The scholarship is exemplary, providing a sober and literate survey of a key topic of Islamic history."

Product details

• Authors: Nimrod Sahner Hurvitz
• Assisted by: Nimrod Hurvitz (Editor), Hurvitz Nimrod (Editor), Christian C. Sahner (Editor), Sahner Christian C. (Editor), Uriel Simonsohn (Editor), Luke Yarbrough (Editor), Yarbrough Luke (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780520296732
• ISBN: 978-0-520-29673-2
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Islam / History, Middle East, General & world history, History of Religion, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, General and world history