Table of Contents

1: Introductory: Muruwwa and Din; 2: The Arab Tribes and Islam; 3: Arab and Ajam; 4: The Shu‘?biyya; 5: The Shu‘?biyya and its Manifestation in Scholarship; Excursuses and Annotations; 1: What is Meant by ‘Al-Jähiliyya’; 2: On the Veneration of the Dead in Paganism and Islam; 3: Pagan and Muslim Linguistic Usage; 4: The Use of the Kunya as a Means of Paying Respect; 5: Black and White People; 6: Traditions About the Turks; 7: Arabicized Persians as Arabic Poets

About the Author

George McCue

Reviews

-The decision to proceed to the production of an English version of Goldziher's unrivalled Muhammedanische Studien... deserves the applause of those engaged in all branches of Arabic and Islamic studies. The first volume is here presented in a neat, well-produced book of attractive format. The translators have achieved a pleasant, highly readable version in a simple, efficient, and unpretentious style.- --J. Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London -The work is a classic of Western Islamic scholarship, and is rendered even more valuable by Dr. Stern's editorial contribution.- --Leon Nemoy, The Jewish Quarterly Review

"The decision to proceed to the production of an English version of Goldziher's unrivalled Muhammedanische Studien... deserves the applause of those engaged in all branches of Arabic and Islamic studies. The first volume is here presented in a neat, well-produced book of attractive format. The translators have achieved a pleasant, highly readable version in a simple, efficient, and unpretentious style." --J. Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London "The work is a classic of Western Islamic scholarship, and is rendered even more valuable by Dr. Stern's editorial contribution." --Leon Nemoy, The Jewish Quarterly Review

"The decision to proceed to the production of an English version of Goldziher's unrivalled Muhammedanische Studien... deserves the applause of those engaged in all branches of Arabic and Islamic studies. The first volume is here presented in a neat, well-produced book of attractive format. The translators have achieved a pleasant, highly readable version in a simple, efficient, and unpretentious style." --J. Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London "The work is a classic of Western Islamic scholarship, and is rendered even more valuable by Dr. Stern's editorial contribution." --Leon Nemoy, The Jewish Quarterly Review