Islam

Reading List for MA Comprehensive Exams

Select seven titles from this list.  

Arberry.  The Qur’an. 

Denny, F.  Introduction to Islam.  

Geaves.  Aspects of Islam.  

Hawting, G.  The Umayyads. 

Hodgson, M.  The Venture of Islam (vol.1). 

Kennedy, H.  The Abbasid Caliphate. 

Madelung.   Succession to Muhammad. 

Rahman, F.  Major Themes of the Qur’an. 

Robinson, N.  Discovering the Qur’an.  

Schimmel.  The Mystical Dimension of Islam . 

Takim, L.  The Heirs of the Prophet. 

Watt, M.  The Formative Period Of Islamic Thought.