Early Islam

In recent decades, new paradigms have radically altered the historical
understanding of the Qur'ān and Early Islam, causing much debate and
controversy. This volume gathers select proceedings from the first conference
of the Early Islamic Studies Seminar.
These studies explore the history of the Qur'ān and of formative Islam, with
the methodological tools set forth in Biblical, New Testament and Apocryphal
studies, as well as the approaches used in the study of Second Temple Judaism,
Christian and Rabbinic origins. It thereby contributes to the
interdisciplinary study of formative Islam as part and parcel of the religious
landscape of Late Antiquity.