Studies on the Life of Muhammad and Dawn Islam: Idol Worshippers, Christians Jews Pre- Early Islam

The book focuses on a variety of historical questions, from the presumed Ghassanid/Byzantine involvement in the hijra to Muhammad’s treaties with the main Jewish tribes of Yathrib/Medina. Predilection for detail, especially in the realms of genealogy and geography, is a salient characteristic of Lecker’s research, which in recent years has been increasingly based on digitized text repositories. Many of the articles deal with the social and economic environment of early Islam, which is vital for the study of Muhammad’s biography. They are conceived of as building blocks in a future critical biography of the Arabian prophet. will appeal to those interested in the history of pre- and early Islam, with an emphasis on Muhammad’s life and his relations with the Jews of Arabia.