| Preface | 9 |
| Part One: Introduction |
| 1 | Studies on Muhammad and the Rise of Islam: A Critical |
| Survey | 15 |
| Ibn Warraq |
| 2. Origins of Islam: A Critical Look at the Sources | 89 |
| Ibn Rawandi |
| Part Two: Renan |
| 3. Muhammad and the Origins of Islam | 127 |
| Ernest Renan |
| Part Three: Lammens and Becker |
| 4 | Koran and Tradition—How the Life of Muhammad Was |
| Composed | 169 |
| Henri Lammens |
| 5. The Age of Muhammad and the Chronology of the Sira | 188 |
| Henri Lammens |
| 6. Fatima and the Daughters of Muhammad | 218 |
| Henri Lammens |
| 7. Matters of Principle Concerning Lammens' Sira Studies | 330 |
| C. H | Becker |
| Part Four: Modern Period |
| 8. The Quest of the Historical Muhammad | 339 |
| Arthur Jeffery |
| 9. A Revaluation of IslamicTraditions | 358 |
| Joseph Schacht |
| 10 | Abraha and Muhammad: Some Observations Apropos of |
| Chronology and Literary Topoi in the Early Arabic | 368 |
| Lawrence I | Conrad |
| 11. The Function of asbab al-nuzul in Quranic Exegesis | 392 |
| Andrew Rippin |
| 12. Methodological Approaches to Islamic Studies | 420 |
| J. Koren and Y. D | Nevo |
| 13. The Quest of the Historical Muhammad | 444 |
| F. E | Peters |
| 14. Recovering Lost Texts: Some Methodological Issues | 476 |
| Lawrence I | Conrad |
| Part Five: The Significance of John Wansbrough |
| 15 | The Implications of, and Opposition to, the Methods |
| of John Wansbrough | 489 |
| Herbert Berg |
| 16. John Wansbrough, Islam, and Monotheism | 510 |
| G. R | Hawting |
| Glossary | 527 |
| Abbreviations | 535 |
| Dramatis Personae: Explanatory List of Individuals and Tribes | 537 |
| Genealogical Table | 546 |
| Map of Western Asia and Arabia | 547 |
| Chronological Table and the Islamic Dynasties | 548 |
| Contributors | 551 |
Format: Hardcover, 568 pages
